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A role for JNK-paxillin signaling in cell migration
Cai Huang1, Ken Jacobson, Michael D Schaller
1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7090, USA.
Cell Cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)
|December 6, 2003
Abstract:
Recently, we and others demonstrated that JNK is essential for cell migration in a number of cell types. We also showed that JNK phosphorylates serine 178 on paxillin, a focal adhesion adaptor, both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, phosphorylation of Ser 178 on paxillin is essential for cell migration and involved in modulating cell adhesions. A model is proposed to depict the role of JNK-paxillin signaling in cell migration.