An excitable Rho GTPase signaling network generates dynamic subcellular contraction patterns.
Melanie Graessl,
Johannes Koch,
Abram Calderon,
Dominic Kamps,
Soumya Banerjee,
Tomáš Mazel,
Nina Schulze,
Jana Kathrin Jungkurth,
Rutuja Patwardhan,
Djamschid Solouk,
Nico Hampe,
Bernd Hoffmann,
Leif Dehmelt,
Perihan Nalbant
Nov 19, 2019
Rho GTPase-based signaling networks control cellular dynamics by coordinating protrusions and retractions in space and time. Here, we reveal a signaling network that generates pulses and propagating waves of cell contractions....