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Csk, a critical link of g protein signals to actin cytoskeletal reorganization.
Developmental cell - 1 Jun 2002
Lowry William E, Huang Jianyun, Ma Yong-Chao, Ali Shariq, Wang Dongxia, Williams Daniel M, Okada Masato, Cole Philip A, Huang Xin-Yun
Abstract excerpt
Heterotrimeric G proteins can signal to reorganize the actin cytoskeleton, but the mechanism is unclear. Here we report that, in tyrosine kinase Csk-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblast cells, G protein (Gbetagamma, Galpha(12), Galpha(13), and Galpha(q))-induced, and G protein-coupled receptor-induced, actin stress fiber formation was completely blocked. Reintroduction of Csk into Csk-deficent cells restored the...
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