Stabilization of integrin-linked kinase by the Hsp90-CHIP axis impacts cellular force generation, migration and the

Korana Radovanac1, Jessica Morgner, Jan-Niklas Schulz

  • 1Department of Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.

The EMBO Journal
|April 25, 2013
PubMed

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