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An excitable Rho GTPase signaling network generates dynamic subcellular contraction patterns

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Rho GTPase-based signaling networks control cellular dynamics by coordinating protrusions and retractions in space and time. Here, we reveal a signaling network that generates pulses and propagating waves of cell contractions. These dynamic patterns emerge via self organization from an activator-inhibitor network, in which the small GTPase Rho amplifies its activity by recruiting its activator, GEF-H1. Rho also inhibits itself by local recruitment of acto myosin and the associated RhoGAP Myo9...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1083/jcb.201706052

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Rockefeller university Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Cell Biology Journal website
Volume:
216
Issue:
12
Pages:
4271-4285
Publication date:
2017-10-20
Acceptance date:
2017-09-08
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EISSN:
1540-8140
ISSN:
0021-9525
Pubs id:
pubs:738161
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uuid:8942abd8-7def-48f9-a20d-adf9c73c5320
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pubs:738161
Source identifiers:
738161
Deposit date:
2017-10-22

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