title: Merlin's wizardry guides cohesive migration.
abstract: Cells often migrate in tightly connected groups with coordinated movement and polarity. The collective migration of epithelial cell sheets is now shown to be mediated by a signalling axis that involves the merlin tumour-suppressor protein, the tight-junction-associated angiomotin-Rich1 complex and the Rac1 small GTPase.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Ansgar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoch
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000235:genetics*; D025581:Neurofibromin 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000378:metabolism*; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D025581:Neurofibromin 2; C107953:RAC1 protein, human; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein