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Vania Braga
Cell & Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, United Kingdom

Faculty Member: CELL BIOLOGY > Cell adhesion [ since 18 June 2001 ]
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Rac1 accumulates in the nucleus during the G2 phase of the cell cycle and promotes cell division.
Michaelson D, Abidi W, …, Pagano M, Philips MR
J Cell Biol 2008 Apr 28 181 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Ed Manser / Vania Braga
Evaluated 8 May 2008

Requirement of Rac1 distinguishes follicular from interfollicular epithelial stem cells.
Castilho RM, Squarize CH, …, Molinolo A, Gutkind JS
Oncogene 2007 Aug 2 26(35):5078-85 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 2 Oct 2007

The armadillo protein p0071 regulates Rho signalling during cytokinesis.
Wolf A, Keil R, …, Hüttelmaier S, Hatzfeld M
Nat Cell Biol 2006 Dec 8(12):1432-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Vania Braga / Kathleen J. Green / Frans Van Roy
Evaluated 2 Jan 2007

p120-catenin and p190RhoGAP regulate cell-cell adhesion by coordinating antagonism between Rac and Rho.
Wildenberg GA, Dohn MR, …, Settleman J, Reynolds AB
Cell 2006 Dec 1 127(5):1027-39 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 2 Jan 2007

Genetic ablation of zyxin causes Mena/VASP mislocalization, increased motility, and deficits in actin remodeling.
Hoffman LM, Jensen CC, …, Yoshigi M, Beckerle MC
J Cell Biol 2006 Feb 27 172(5):771-82 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 4 Apr 2006

The mammalian Scribble polarity protein regulates epithelial cell adhesion and migration through E-cadherin.
Qin Y, Capaldo C, Gumbiner BM, Macara IG
J Cell Biol 2005 Dec 19 171(6):1061-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 21 Feb 2006

Imaging epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation in human colorectal cancer cells and human tissues.
Keese M, Magdeburg RJ, …, Sturm JW, Bastiaens PI
J Biol Chem 2005 Jul 29 280(30):27826-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 15 Aug 2005

Force measurements in E-cadherin-mediated cell doublets reveal rapid adhesion strengthened by actin cytoskeleton remodeling through Rac and Cdc42.
Chu YS, Thomas WA, …, Thiery JP, Dufour S
J Cell Biol 2004 Dec 20 167(6):1183-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Ed Manser / Yoshimi Takai / Vania Braga / Frans Van Roy / Avri Ben-Ze'ev
Evaluated 11 Feb 2005

Lamellipodial versus filopodial mode of the actin nanomachinery: pivotal role of the filament barbed end.
Mejillano MR, Kojima S, …, Svitkina TM, Borisy GG
Cell 2004 Aug 6 118(3):363-73 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Pekka Lappalainen / Marie-France Carlier / Vania Braga
Evaluated 28 Sep 2004

Mammalian PAR-1 determines epithelial lumen polarity by organizing the microtubule cytoskeleton.
Cohen D, Brennwald PJ, Rodriguez-Boulan E, Müsch A
J Cell Biol 2004 Mar 1 164(5):717-27 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga / Yoshimi Takai
Evaluated 5 May 2004

Regulation of cell polarity and protrusion formation by targeting RhoA for degradation.
Wang HR, Zhang Y, …, Thomsen GH, Wrana JL
Science 2003 Dec 5 302(5651):1775-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Anne Ridley / Vania Braga
Evaluated 23 Jan 2004

Adhesion-independent mechanism for suppression of tumor cell invasion by E-cadherin.
Wong AS, Gumbiner BM
J Cell Biol 2003 Jun 23 161(6):1191-203 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga / Anna Huttenlocher / Valeri Vasioukhin
Evaluated 7 Jul 2003

Intermediate filament-membrane attachments function synergistically with actin-dependent contacts to regulate intercellular adhesive strength.
Huen AC, Park JK, …, Gumbiner BM, Green KJ
J Cell Biol 2002 Dec 23 159(6):1005-17 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga / Carien Niessen
Evaluated 6 Jan 2003

Drosophila RhoA regulates the cytoskeleton and cell-cell adhesion in the developing epidermis.
Bloor JW, Kiehart DP
Development 2002 Jul 129(13):3173-83 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marta Llimargas / Vania Braga
Evaluated 1 Nov 2002

The semaphorin 4D receptor controls invasive growth by coupling with Met.
Giordano S, Corso S, …, Tamagnone L, Comoglio PM
Nat Cell Biol 2002 Sep 4(9):720-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 1 Nov 2002

N-cadherin-dependent cell-cell contact regulates Rho GTPases and beta-catenin localization in mouse C2C12 myoblasts.
Charrasse S, Meriane M, …, Blangy A, Gauthier-Rouvière C
J Cell Biol 2002 Sep 2 158(5):953-65 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga / Albert Reynolds
Evaluated 24 Sep 2002

Src-induced de-regulation of E-cadherin in colon cancer cells requires integrin signalling.
Avizienyte E, Wyke AW, …, Brunton VG, Frame MC
Nat Cell Biol 2002 Aug 4(8):632-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Ann Marie Pendergast / Vania Braga / M. Sharon Stack
Evaluated 16 Aug 2002

Dynamics of ligand-induced, Rac1-dependent anchoring of cadherins to the actin cytoskeleton.
Lambert M, Choquet D, Mège RM
J Cell Biol 2002 Apr 29 157(3):469-79 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Alan Rick Horwitz / Vania Braga / Yoshimi Takai / Carien Niessen
Evaluated 24 May 2002

A novel p21-activated kinase binds the actin and microtubule networks and induces microtubule stabilization.
Cau J, Faure S, …, Delsert C, Morin N
J Cell Biol 2001 Dec 10 155(6):1029-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | William Bement / Christopher Turner / Vania Braga
Evaluated 18 Mar 2002

Desmoplakin is essential in epidermal sheet formation.
Vasioukhin V, Bowers E, …, Degenstein L, Fuchs E
Nat Cell Biol 2001 Dec 3(12):1076-85 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Kathleen J. Green / Vania Braga / Harald Herrmann
Evaluated 17 Jan 2002

Cadherins mediate intercellular mechanical signaling in fibroblasts by activation of stretch-sensitive calcium-permeable channels.
Ko KS, Arora PD, McCulloch CA
J Biol Chem 2001 Sep 21 276(38):35967-77 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vania Braga
Evaluated 30 Oct 2001

An essential role for ARF6-regulated membrane traffic in adherens junction turnover and epithelial cell migration.
Palacios F, Price L, …, Collard JG, D'Souza-Schorey C
EMBO J 2001 Sep 3 20(17):4973-86 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Anne Ridley / Kathleen J. Green / Vania Braga
Evaluated 30 Oct 2001

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