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Control of motile and invasive cell phenotypes by focal adhesion kinase.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 5 Jul 2004
Schlaepfer David D, Mitra Satyajit K, Ilic Dusko
Abstract excerpt
Cell motility is stimulated by extracellular stimuli and initiated by intracellular signaling proteins that localize to sites of cell contact with the extracellular matrix termed focal contacts. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is an intracellular protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) that acts to regulate the cycle of focal contact formation and disassembly required for efficient cell movement. FAK is activated by a variety...
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