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ArticleSmall GTPases2020

Filling GAPs in G protein- coupled receptor (GPCR)-mediated Ras adaptation and chemotaxis.

Xuehua Xu

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Article in Small GTPases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuehua XuChemotaxis Signaling Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3863-9593
National Institutes of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic cells sense and migrate toward chemoattractant gradients using G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling pathways. The fascinating feature of chemotaxis is that cells migrate through chemoattractant gradients with huge concentration ranges by "adaptation." Adaptive cells no longer respond to the present stimulus but remain sensitive to stronger stimuli, providing the fundamental strategy for chemotaxis through gradients with a broad range of concentrations. Ras activation is the first step in the GPCR-mediated chemosensing signaling pathways that displays adaptation. However, the molecular mechanism of Ras adaptation is not fully understood. Here, we highlight C2GAP1, a GPCR-activated Ras negative regulator, that locally inhibits Ras signaling for adaptation and long-range chemotaxis in

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ChemotaxisDictyosteliumGTPase-Activating Proteinsras ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledGTPase-Activating Proteinsras ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledadaptationC2GAP1chemotaxisG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs)guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs)small GTPase Ras

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PMID29733762
PMCPMC7549658
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