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SUBMITTER: Pan YR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187704 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pan Yi-Ru YR Chen Chien-Lin CL Chen Hong-Chen HC
The Journal of cell biology 20111001 1
Podosomes are dynamic actin-enriched membrane structures that play an important role in invasive cell motility and extracellular matrix degradation. They are often found to assemble into large rosettelike structures in highly invasive cells. However, the mechanism of this assembly remains obscure. In this study, we identified focal adhesion kinase (FAK) as a key molecule necessary for assembly. Moreover, phosphorylation of p130Cas and suppression of Rho signaling by FAK were found to be importan ...[more]