α(E)-Catenin induces SRF-dependent transcriptional activity through its C-terminal region and is partly RhoA/ROCK-dependent

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-723

  Merdek, Keith D ^a   Jaffe, Aron B ^b   Dutt, Parmesh ^a   Olson, Michael F ^c   Hall, Alan ^b   Fanburg, Barry L ^d   Kayyali, Usamah S ^d   Toksoz, Deniz ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenin; Actin; Rho; Rho kinase; Serum response element; Serum response factor; Signaling; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERUM RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; STRESS FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALPHA CATENIN; CELL LINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37649007446     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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