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Drosophila WASH is required for integrin-mediated cell adhesion, cell motility and lysosomal neutralization.
Journal of cell science - 15 Jan 2017
Nagel Benedikt M, Bechtold Meike, Rodriguez Luis Garcia, Bogdan Sven
Abstract excerpt
The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and SCAR homolog (WASH; also known as Washout in flies) is a conserved actin-nucleation-promoting factor controlling Arp2/3 complex activity in endosomal sorting and recycling. Previous studies have identified WASH as an essential regulator in Drosophila development. Here, we show that homozygous wash mutant flies are viable and fertile. We demonstrate that Drosophila WASH has...
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