...Mikaela Scheer; Priscilla Kyi; Tadanori Mammoto; Akiko Mammoto ABSTRACT Focal adhesion protein, paxillin plays an important role in embryonic development. We have reported that paxillin controls directional cell motility and angiogenesis. The role of paxillin in lung development remains unclear...

... of benign tumors, predominantly schwannomas, in the peripheral nervous system. Merlin links plasma membrane receptors with the actin cytoskeleton and its targeting to the plasma membrane depends on direct binding to the paxillin scaffold protein. Exon 2 of NF2 , an exon mutated in NF2 patients and deleted...