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A congenital activating mutant of WASp causes altered plasma membrane topography and adhesion under flow in lymphocytes.
Blood - 1 Jul 2010
Burns Siobhan O, Killock David J, Moulding Dale A, Metelo Joao, Nunes Joao, Taylor Ruth R, Forge Andrew, Thrasher Adrian J, Ivetic Aleksandar
Abstract excerpt
Leukocytes rely on dynamic actin-dependent changes in cell shape to pass through blood vessels, which is fundamental to immune surveillance. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp) is a hematopoietic cell-restricted cytoskeletal regulator important for modulating cell shape through Arp2/3-mediated actin polymerization. A recently identified WASp(I294T) mutation was shown to render WASp constitutively active in...
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