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Azzurra Margiotta1, Cecilia Bucci2
1Centre for Immune Regulation, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0371 Oslo, Norway.. azzurra.margiotta@ibv.uio.no.
Abstract:
The small GTPases of the Rho family regulate many aspects of actin dynamics, but are functionally connected to many other cellular processes. Rac1, a member of this family, besides its known function in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton, plays a key role in the production of reactive oxygen species, in gene transcription, in DNA repair, and also has been proven to have specific roles in neurons. This review focuses on the cooperation between Rac1 and Rab proteins, analyzing how the coordination between these GTPases impact on cells and how alterations of their functions lead to disease.
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