A RhoGEF and Rho Family GTPase-Activating Protein complex Links the Contractile Ring to Cortical Microtubules at the Onset of Cytokinesis

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2003

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Somers, W Gregory
Saint, Robert

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Cell Press

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The mechanism that positions the cytokinetic contractile ring is unknown, but derives from the spindle midzone. We show that an interaction between the Rho GTP exchange factor, Pebble, and the Rho family GTPase-activating protein, RacGAP50C, connects the

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Keywords: F actin; guanine nucleotide exchange factor; guanosine triphosphatase activating protein; kinesin; myosin adenosine triphosphatase; Rho factor; animal cell; cell structure; complex formation; controlled study; cytokinesis; Drosophila melanogaster; insect

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Developmental Cell

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