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Rac and cell migration: CDM proteins integrate signals

Cell migration requires that Rac GTPases promote formation of actin polymers at the cell's leading edge. An activator of Rac, DOCK180, accomplishes this localization by using its DHR-1 domain to bind phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate at the membrane.

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Figure 1: CDM proteins serve as GEFs to activate Rac to stimulate many different responses in metazoan organisms.

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Bourne, H. Rac and cell migration: CDM proteins integrate signals. Nat Cell Biol 7, 777–778 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0805-777

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