The transcriptional activity of Sox9 in chondrocytes is regulated by RhoA signaling and actin polymerization

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4262-4273

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Lassar, Andrew B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EXOENZYME C3; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOQUINOLINES; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SULFONAMIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67651207668     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01779-08     Document Type: Article

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