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Review
. 2006 Feb;7(2):120-30.
doi: 10.1038/nrm1834.

MAPKAP kinases - MKs - two's company, three's a crowd

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MAPKAP kinases - MKs - two's company, three's a crowd

Matthias Gaestel. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Downstream of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), three structurally related MAPK-activated protein kinases (MAPKAPKs or MKs) - MK2, MK3 and MK5 - signal to diverse cellular targets. Although there is no known common function for all three MKs, these kinases are involved in important processes: MKs regulate gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level, control cytoskeletal architecture and cell-cycle progression, and are implicated in inflammation and cancer.

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