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Masako Tamada
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 7
Citations - 1520
Masako Tamada is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kinase & Rap1. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1424 citations.
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Force Sensing by Mechanical Extension of the Src Family Kinase Substrate p130Cas
Yasuhiro Sawada,Masako Tamada,Benjamin J. Dubin-Thaler,Oksana Cherniavskaya,Ryuichi Sakai,Sakae Tanaka,Michael P. Sheetz +6 more
TL;DR: This work mechanically extended bacterially expressed Cas substrate domain protein (CasSD) in vitro and found a remarkable enhancement of phosphorylation by Src family kinases with no apparent change in kinase activity.
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Activation of a Signaling Cascade by Cytoskeleton Stretch
TL;DR: It is suggested that mechanical force on Triton cytoskeletons activates local tyrosine phosphorylation, which provides docking sites for cytosolic proteins, and initiates signaling to activate Rap1.
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Two distinct modes of myosin assembly and dynamics during epithelial wound closure
TL;DR: It is suggested that tight junctions serve as attachment points for the actomyosin ring during wound closure and that Rho-kinase is required for localization and activation of the contractile ring.
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Immediate-Early Signaling Induced by E-cadherin Engagement and Adhesion
TL;DR: It is proposed that initial E-cadherin accumulation requires active membrane dynamics and involves diffusion-mediated trapping at contact sites; to propagate further contacts, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Rac1 are transiently activated by E- CADherin engagement and initiate a new round of membrane dynamics, but they are subsequently suppressed at that site to allow maintenance of weak E- cadher in mediated adhesion.