ERK1 and ERK2 map kinases: Specific roles or functional redundancy?

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Buscà, Roser ^a   Pouysségur, Jacques ^a,b   Lenormand, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

ERK1 and ERK2 isoforms; Expression of isoforms in vertebrates; Gene disruption; Gene silencing; Intracellular signaling; MAP kinases; Protein sequence evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009711408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00053     Document Type: Review

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