Mutant actins that stabilise F-actin use distinct mechanisms to activate the SRF coactivator MAL.

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Published in EMBO J on September 23, 2004

Authors

Guido Posern1, Francesc Miralles, Sebastian Guettler, Richard Treisman

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1: Transcription Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London, UK.

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