Publications
1) A.D. Dubash, M. Menold, T. Samson, E. Boulter, R. Garcia-Mata, R. Doughman, K. Burridge. 2009. Focal Adhesions: New angles on an old structure. International Reviews in Cell and Molecular Biology (in press).www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/720058/description#description
2) S. Goicoechea, H. Prentice-Dunn, B. Bednarski, R. Garcia-Mata, X. Ding, H.J. Kim, and C.A. Otey. 2009. Palladin Expression Contributes to Invasive Motility in Human Breast Cancer Cells. Oncogene. 2009;28: 587-98
3) R. Garcia-Mata, A.D. Dubash, L. Sharek, H.S. Carr, J.A. Frost and K. Burridge. 2007. The nuclear RhoA-exchange factor Net1 interacts with proteins of the Dlg family, affects their localization and influences their tumor suppressor activity Mol. Cell. Biol, 27: 8683-8697.
4) A.D. Dubash, K. Wennerberg, R. García-Mata, M.M. Menold, W.T. Arthur, K. Burridge. 2007. A novel role for Lsc/p115 RhoGEF and LARG in regulating RhoA activity downstream of adhesion to fibronectin. J. Cell Sci. 120: 3989-3998. (* This manuscript has been awarded "paper of the year 2007" by J. Cell Sci. editors).
5) J. Van Buul, M. Allingham, T. Samson, J. Meller, E. Boulter, R. Garcia-Mata and K. Burridge. 2007. RhoG regulates endothelial apical cup assembly downstream from ICAM1 engagement and is involved in leukocyte trans-endothelial migration. J. Cell Biol. 178: 1279-1293.
6) R. Garcia-Mata and K. Burridge. 2007. Catching a GEF by its tail. Trends in Cell Biology. 17, 36-43.
7) S. Goicoechea, D. Arneman, A. Disanza, R. Garcia-Mata, G. Scita and C. A. Otey. 2006. Palladin binds to Eps8 and enhances the formation of dorsal ruffles and podosomes in vascular smooth muscle cells. J Cell Sci. 119:3316-24
8) R. Garcia-Mata, K. Wennerberg, W. T. Arthur, N. K. Noren, S. M. Ellerbroek and K. Burridge. 2006. Analysis of activated GAPs and GEFs in cell lysates. Methods Enzymol. 406:425-37.
9) T. Szul, R. Garcia-Mata, E. Brandon, S. Shestopal, C. Alvarez and E. Sztul. 2005. Dissection of membrane dynamics of the ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1. Traffic. 6:374-85
10) R. Garcia-Mata and E. Sztul. 2003. The membrane-tethering protein p115 interacts with GBF1, an ARF guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor. EMBO Rep. 4:320-5
11) R. Garcia-Mata, T. Szul, C. Alvarez and E. Sztul. 2003. ADP-ribosylation factor/COPI-dependent events at the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi interface are regulated by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1. Mol Biol Cell. 14:2250-61
12) E. Brandon, Y. Gao, R. Garcia-Mata, C. Alvarez and E. Sztul. 2003. Membrane targeting of p115 phosphorylation mutants and their effects on Golgi integrity and secretory traffic. Eur J Cell Biol. 82:411-20
13) C. Alvarez, R. Garcia-Mata, E. Brandon and E. Sztul. 2003. COPI recruitment is modulated by a Rab1b-dependent mechanism. Mol Biol Cell. 14:2116-27
14) H. Ito, K. Kamei, I. Iwamoto, Y. Inaguma, R. Garcia-Mata, E. Sztul and K. Kato. 2002. Inhibition of proteasomes induces accumulation, phosphorylation, and recruitment of HSP27 and alphaB-crystallin to aggresomes. J Biochem (Tokyo). 131:593-603
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15) R. Garcia-Mata, Y. S. Gao and E. Sztul. 2002. Hassles with taking out the garbage: aggravating aggresomes. Traffic. 3:388-96
16) C. Alvarez, R. Garcia-Mata, H. P. Hauri and E. Sztul. 2001. The p115-interactive proteins GM130 and giantin participate in endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi traffic. J Biol Chem. 276:2693-700
17) A. D. Linstedt, S. A. Jesch, A. Mehta, T. H. Lee, R. Garcia-Mata, D. S. Nelson and E. Sztul. 2000. Binding relationships of membrane tethering components. The giantin N terminus and the GM130 N terminus compete for binding to the p115 C terminus. J Biol Chem. 275:10196-201
18) R. Garcia-Mata, Y. Gao, C. Alvarez and E. S. Sztul. 2000. The membrane transport factor p115 recycles only between homologous compartments in intact heterokaryons. Eur J Cell Biol. 79:229-39
19) R. Garcia-Mata, Z. Bebok, E. J. Sorscher and E. S. Sztul. 1999. Characterization and dynamics of aggresome formation by a cytosolic GFP-chimera. J Cell Biol. 146:1239-54
20) D. S. Nelson, C. Alvarez, Y. S. Gao, R. Garcia-Mata, E. Fialkowski and E. Sztul. 1998. The membrane transport factor TAP/p115 cycles between the Golgi and earlier secretory compartments and contains distinct domains required for its localization and function. J Cell Biol. 143:319-31
21) R. Garcia-Mata, R. D. Conde and P. M. Sanllorenti. 1998. Contribution of breakdown in the regulation of mouse liver glutathione S-transferase subunits during protein depletion and re-feeding. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1448:46-50
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22) R. Garcia-Mata, J. Capdevielle, J. C. Guillemot, P. Ferrara, R. D. Conde and P. M. Sanllorenti. 1997. Protein depletion and refeeding change the proportion of mouse liver glutathione S-transferase subunits. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1357:272-80
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ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
1) SciTopics: “Rho-GEFs”. Garcia-Mata R. www.scitopics.com/Rho_GEFs.html
2) Faculty of 1000 Biology Reports: Otey C, Goicoechea S and Garcia-Mata R. “Roles of the small GTPases RhoA and Rac1 in cell behaviour”. F1000 Biology Reports 2009, 1:4. www.f1000biology.com/reports/10.3410/b1-4/article.html PDF