Cell polarity. The importance of being polar.
Cell polarization is often accompanied by cytoskeletal rearrangements. Two signalling proteins, a GTPase and a kinase, are required for both actin and microtubule rearrangements. Are these two systems coupled?
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Cell Biology Program, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000502:physiology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein