Myosin light chain kinase functions downstream of Ras/ERK to promote migration of urokinase-type plasminogen activator-stimulated cells in an integrin-selective manner.

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Published in J Cell Biol on July 12, 1999

Authors

D H Nguyen1, A D Catling, D J Webb, M Sankovic, L A Walker, A V Somlyo, M J Weber, S L Gonias

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.

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