Open AccessAn adhesion kinase on centrosomes
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1804iti1
Subject(s) - centrosome , focal adhesion , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , integrin , actin cytoskeleton , cytoskeleton , ptk2 , microtubule , actin , kinase , protein kinase a , signal transduction , mitogen activated protein kinase kinase , genetics , cell , cell cycle
New results from [Fielding et al.][1] place a kinase found in focal adhesions on centrosomes. There, the kinase helps arrange microtubules rather than actin.Focal adhesions contain a mass of proteins that link matrix-bound integrins to the actin cytoskeleton. Within that mass is integrin-linked
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