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Amino Acid Motifs
Binding Sites
Humans
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
Mutation
Phosphorylation
Recombinant Proteins
Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa
Stathmin
Surface Plasmon Resonance
ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
