Rho family GTPase functions in Drosophila epithelial wound repair
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Rho family GTPase functions in Drosophila epithelial wound repair
Epithelial repair in the Drosophila embryo is achieved through 2 dynamic cytoskeletal machineries: a contractile actomyosin cable and actin-based cellular protrusions. Rho family small GTPases (Rho, Rac, and Cdc42) are cytoskeletal regulators that control both of these wound repair mechanisms. Cdc42 is necessary for cellular protrusions and, when absent, wounds are slow to repair and never comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Small GTPases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2154-1248,2154-1256
DOI: 10.4161/21541248.2014.982415