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Phosphorylation of myocardin by extracellular signal-regulated kinase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Dec 2009
Taurin Sebastien, Sandbo Nathan, Yau Douglas M, Sethakorn Nan, Kach Jacob, Dulin Nickolai O
Abstract excerpt
The contractile phenotype of smooth muscle (SM) cells is controlled by serum response factor (SRF), which drives the expression of SM-specific genes including SM alpha-actin, SM22, and others. Myocardin is a cardiac and SM-restricted coactivator of SRF that is necessary for SM gene transcription. Growth factors inducing proliferation of SM cells inhibit SM gene transcription, in a manner dependent on the...
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