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SUBMITTER: Gupton SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3514034 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gupton Stephanie L SL Riquelme Daisy D Hughes-Alford Shannon K SK Tadros Jenny J Rudina Shireen S SS Hynes Richard O RO Lauffenburger Douglas D Gertler Frank B FB
The Journal of cell biology 20120801 4
Mena is an Ena/VASP family actin regulator with roles in cell migration, chemotaxis, cell-cell adhesion, tumor cell invasion, and metastasis. Although enriched in focal adhesions, Mena has no established function within these structures. We find that Mena forms an adhesion-regulated complex with α5β1 integrin, a fibronectin receptor involved in cell adhesion, motility, fibronectin fibrillogenesis, signaling, and growth factor receptor trafficking. Mena bound directly to the carboxy-terminal port ...[more]