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Myosin-mediated cytoskeleton contraction and Rho GTPases regulate laminin-5 matrix assembly.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Feb 2004
DeHart Gregory W, Jones Jonathan C R
Abstract excerpt
Laminin-5 is a major structural element of epithelial tissue basement membranes. In the matrix of cultured epithelial cells, laminin-5 is arranged into intricate patterns. Here we tested a hypothesis that myosin II-mediated actin contraction is necessary for the proper assembly of a laminin-5 matrix by cultured SCC12 epithelial cells. To do so, the cells were treated with ML-7, a myosin II light chain kinase...
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