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Reduced expression of A-type lamins and emerin activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase in cultured cells.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jan 2009
Muchir Antoine, Wu Wei, Worman Howard J
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in genes encoding A-type lamins and emerin cause cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy. We previously showed activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) branch of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade in hearts of mice with mutations in these genes. Here, we tested the hypothesis that reducing A-type lamins and emerin in cultured cells activate ERK signaling....
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