Rho and Rac take center stage

K Burridge, K Wennerberg - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Many features of cell behavior are regulated by Rho family GTPases, but the most profound
effects of these proteins are on the actin cytoskeleton and it was these that first drew …

Rho-family GTPases: it's not only Rac and Rho (and I like it)

K Wennerberg, CJ Der - Journal of cell science, 2004 - journals.biologists.com
The Rho-family proteins make up a major branch of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases.
To date, 22 human genes encoding at least 25 proteins have been described. The best …

Crystal structure of human cytochrome P450 2C9 with bound warfarin

PA Williams, J Cosme, A Ward, HC Angove… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Cytochrome P450 proteins (CYP450s) are membrane-associated haem proteins that
metabolize physiologically important compounds in many species of microorganisms, plants …

Apoptotic cell recognition receptors and scavenger receptors

KK Penberthy, KS Ravichandran - Immunological reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphatidylserine recognition receptors are a highly diverse set of receptors grouped by
their ability to recognize the 'eat‐me'signal phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells. Most of the …

Rho protein crosstalk: another social network?

C Guilluy, R Garcia-Mata, K Burridge - Trends in cell biology, 2011 - cell.com
Many fundamental processes in cell biology are regulated by Rho GTPases, including cell
adhesion, migration and differentiation. While regulating cellular functions, members of the …

Force measurements in E-cadherin–mediated cell doublets reveal rapid adhesion strengthened by actin cytoskeleton remodeling through Rac and Cdc42

YS Chu, WA Thomas, O Eder, F Pincet, E Perez… - Journal of Cell …, 2004 - rupress.org
W ing and becoming stronger over time. Rac and Cdc42, the Rho-like small GTPases, were
activated when E-cadherin–expressing cells formed aggregates in suspension …

[HTML][HTML] EphA receptors regulate growth cone dynamics through the novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor ephexin

SM Shamah, MZ Lin, JL Goldberg, S Estrach, M Sahin… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
Eph receptors transduce short-range repulsive signals for axon guidance by modulating
actin dynamics within growth cones. We report the cloning and characterization of ephexin …

Microtubule growth activates Rac1 to promote lamellipodial protrusion in fibroblasts

CM Waterman-Storer, RA Worthylake, BP Liu… - Nature cell …, 1999 - nature.com
Microtubules are involved in actin-based protrusion at the leading-edge lamellipodia of
migrating fibroblasts. Here we show that the growth of microtubules induced in fibroblasts by …

Rho GTPases have diverse effects on the organization of the actin filament system

P Aspenström, Å Fransson, J Saras - Biochemical Journal, 2004 - portlandpress.com
The Rho GTPases are related to the Ras proto-oncogenes and consist of 22 family
members. These proteins have important roles in regulating the organization of the actin …

Spatial and temporal regulation of Condensins I and II in mitotic chromosome assembly in human cells

T Ono, Y Fang, DL Spector, T Hirano - Molecular biology of the cell, 2004 - molbiolcell.org
Two different condensin complexes make distinct contributions to metaphase chromosome
architecture in vertebrate cells. We show here that the spatial and temporal distributions of …