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Here are the <scene name='60/609772/N-acetyl-d-glucosamine/2'>N-acetyl-d-glucosamine locations!</scene> | Here are the <scene name='60/609772/N-acetyl-d-glucosamine/2'>N-acetyl-d-glucosamine locations!</scene> | ||
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Integrins are a class of surface proteins that bind to extra cellular matrix components and transmit chemical and mechanical cues to internal signaling pathways. Integrin beta 1 binds many proteins when dimerized with an alpha subunit, including collagen, laminin and fibronectin. | |||
==Disease== | ==Disease== | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 19 November 2014
One of the CBI Molecules being studied in the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program at UMass Amherst and on display at the Molecular Playground. Molecular Playground banner: "
Banner: Integrin Beta 1 binds to ECM proteins and allows for 3D in vitro cell migration
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Structure
Here are the N-acetyl-d-glucosamine locations!
Function
Integrins are a class of surface proteins that bind to extra cellular matrix components and transmit chemical and mechanical cues to internal signaling pathways. Integrin beta 1 binds many proteins when dimerized with an alpha subunit, including collagen, laminin and fibronectin.
Disease
Studying Integrin Beta-1 in vitro
Peyton Lab Research Interests
The Peyton lab studies how cells process chemical and physical cues from the extracellular matrix, and how these interactions play a role in disease progression. By creating synthetic microenvironments, we are able to have tight control of cell-matirx interactions, allowing us to better understand how cells use their integrins to bind to matrix, and what downstream signaling pathways this binding sets off.
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Lauren Jansen, Lauren Barney, Alyssa Schwartz, Elizabeth Brooks, Michal Harel
