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Hyperactive Rac1 drives MAPK-independent proliferation in melanoma by assembly of a mechanosensitive dendritic actin network
Ashwathi S. Mohan, Kevin M. Dean, Stacy Y. Kasitinon…·Gaudenz Danuser
This paper shows that a Rac1 mutation drives melanoma proliferation independently of MAPK signaling by forming a mechanosensitive actin network that inactivates the tumor suppressor NF2/Merlin.
DOI 10.1101/326710