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Morphological transformation induced by activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway requires suppression of the T-type Ca2+ channel.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 May 1999
Strobeck M W, Okuda M, Yamaguchi H, Schwartz A, Fukasawa K
Abstract excerpt
Transformation of fibroblasts by various oncogenes, including ras, mos, and src accompanies with characteristic morphological changes from flat to round (or spindle) shapes. Such morphological change is believed to play an important role in establishing malignant characteristics of cancer cells. Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a converging downstream event of transforming...
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