Nuclear transport of the serum response factor coactivator MRTF-A is downregulated at tensional homeostasis

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 963-970

  McGee, Karen M ^a   Vartiainen, Maria K ^b,d   Khaw, Peng T ^c   Treisman, Richard ^b   Bailly, Maryse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

actin dynamics; cofilin; MRTF A MAL SRF pathway; tissue tension

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN; G ACTIN; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTINS; ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COFILIN 1; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052291370     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.141     Document Type: Article

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