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MRCKα Is Dispensable for Breast Cancer Development in the MMTV-PyMT Model.
Cells - 19 Apr 2021
Kwa Mei Qi, Brandao Rafael, Phung Trong H, Ge Jianfeng, Scieri Giuseppe, Brakebusch Cord
Abstract excerpt
MRCKα is a ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase involved in cell contraction and F-actin turnover, which is highly amplified in human breast cancer and part of a gene expression signature for bad prognosis. Nothing is known about the in vivo function of MRCKα. To explore MRCKα function in development and in breast cancer, we generated mice lacking a functional MRCKα gene. Mice were born close to the...
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