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Regulation of alpha5beta1 integrin conformation and function by urokinase receptor binding.
The Journal of cell biology - 31 Jan 2005
Wei Ying, Czekay Ralf-Peter, Robillard Liliane, Kugler Matthias C, Zhang Feng, Kim Kevin K, Xiong Jian-Ping, Humphries Martin J, Chapman Harold A
Abstract excerpt
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptors (uPARs), up-regulated during tumor progression, associate with beta1 integrins, localizing urokinase to sites of cell attachment. Binding of uPAR to the beta-propeller of alpha3beta1 empowers vitronectin adhesion by this integrin. How uPAR modifies other beta1 integrins remains unknown. Using recombinant proteins, we found uPAR directly binds alpha5beta1 and rather...
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