PMID- 9048483 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970401 LR - 20190909 IS - 0968-0004 (Print) IS - 0968-0004 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 2 DP - 1997 Feb TI - ERM proteins: head-to-tail regulation of actin-plasma membrane interaction. PG - 53-8 AB - ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins crosslink actin filaments with plasma membranes. The carboxyl termini of these proteins bind actin filaments, while the amino termini bind plasma membranes using a binding partner, such as CD44. Specific signals activate ERM proteins to bind actin filaments and the plasma membrane; these include phosphoinositides and/or phosphorylation mechanisms, which might be located downstream from the Rho-dependent pathway. FAU - Tsukita, S AU - Tsukita S AD - College of Medical Technology, Kyoto University, Japan. atsukita@mfour.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp FAU - Yonemura, S AU - Yonemura S FAU - Tsukita, S AU - Tsukita S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Trends Biochem Sci JT - Trends in biochemical sciences JID - 7610674 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Cytoskeletal Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Rho Factor) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (erythrocyte membrane band 4.1 protein) RN - 0 (erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1-like 1) SB - IM MH - Actins/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - *Cytoskeletal Proteins MH - Cytoskeleton/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - *Neuropeptides MH - Phylogeny MH - Rho Factor/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism RF - 37 EDAT- 1997/02/01 00:00 MHDA- 1997/02/01 00:01 CRDT- 1997/02/01 00:00 PHST- 1997/02/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/02/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/02/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0968-0004(96)10071-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0968-0004(96)10071-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Biochem Sci. 1997 Feb;22(2):53-8. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0004(96)10071-2.