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WIP participates in actin reorganization and ruffle formation induced by PDGF.
Journal of cell science - 15 Jun 2003
Antón Inés M, Saville Stephen P, Byrne Michael J, Curcio Claudia, Ramesh Narayanaswamy, Hartwig John H, Geha Raif S
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a chemotactic factor for fibroblasts that triggers actin cytoskeleton reorganization by increasing the level of GTP-Rac, the activated form of a small Rho family GTPase. GTP-Rac induces membrane ruffling and lamellipodium formation that are required for adhesion, migration and macropinocytosis, among other functions. We have shown that WIP interacts with members of the...
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