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Cell-Matrix Interactions
How Integrins Link Cells to Their Environment
Description
Integrins help cells connect with their environment and send signals across the cell membrane. They can carry information from outside the cell to the inside, or from inside the cell to the outside. These two paths are called outside-in signaling and inside-out signaling.
In outside-in signaling,...
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Para que una célula migre a través del ECM, la conexión de la célula al ECM debe hacerse y romperse rápidamente.
Esto se ve facilitado por las integrinas unidas a la membrana que pasan rápidamente de un estado activo, que forma uniones, y un estado inactivo que no lo hace.
En la conformación inactiva, las colas del dímero de integr...
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