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Widely conserved signaling pathways in the establishment of cell polarity.

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology ·Vol. 1 ·No. 2 ·2009-08-00 ·Pages a001370

McCaffrey LM, Macara IG

Abstract

How are the asymmetric distributions of proteins, lipids, and RNAs established and maintained in various cell types? Studies from diverse organisms show that Par proteins, GTPases, kinases, and phosphoinositides participate in conserved signaling pathways to establish and maintain cell polarity.

MeSH Terms
Animals Cell Lineage Cell Polarity Drosophila/metabolism GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism Humans Models, Biological Phenotype Protein Isoforms RNA, Messenger/metabolism Signal Transduction
Chemicals
Protein Isoforms RNA, Messenger GTP Phosphohydrolases
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
McCaffrey Luke Martin
Department of Microbiology, Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-5077, USA.
Macara Ian G
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Article Info
Journal
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
Abbr.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
ISSN
1943-0264
Published
2009-08-00
Pages
a001370
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
101513680
PMCID
PMC2742088
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM070902 · United States
CIHR · Canada
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM090702 · United States
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