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Characterization of a novel GTPase-activating protein associated with focal adhesions and the actin cytoskeleton.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Feb 2005
Lavelin Irena, Geiger Benjamin
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we characterize a novel RhoGAP protein (RC-GAP72) that interacts with actin stress fibers, focal adhesions, and cell-cell adherens junctions via its 185-amino acid C-terminal region. Overexpression of RC-GAP72 in fibroblasts induces cell rounding with partial or complete disruption of actin stress fibers and formation of membrane ruffles, lamellipodia, and filopodia. RC-GAP72 mutant truncated...
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