Activation of endogenous FAK via expression of its amino terminal domain in Xenopus embryos.

BACKGROUND: The Focal Adhesion Kinase is a well studied tyrosine kinase involved in a wide number of cellular processes including cell adhesion and migration. It has also been shown to play important roles during embryonic development and targeted disruption of the FAK gene in mice results in embryo...

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Main Authors: Nicoletta I Petridou, Panayiota Stylianou, Neophytos Christodoulou, Daniel Rhoads, Jun-Lin Guan, Paris A Skourides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3412797?pdf=render