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Qiang Lu1, Edna E Sun, John G Flanagan
1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Abstract:
Transmembrane B ephrins and their Eph receptors signal bidirectionally. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the "reverse signaling" by B ephrins are not fully understood. The identification of several B ephrin cytoplasmic domain-interacting proteins has begun to shed light on the signal transduction mechanisms and the cellular effects of B ephrin reverse signaling. This article describes the use of a Transwell migration assay system to characterize the function of a PDZ domain and a regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) domain-containing protein, PDZ-RGS3, in mediating B ephrin reverse signaling in cultured neurons. The Transwell system discussed here can provide an effective cell-based assay for elucidating RGS protein-mediated signaling interactions in neurons.
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