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Rac1 GTPase and the Rac1 exchange factor Tiam1 associate with Wnt-responsive promoters to enhance beta-catenin/TCF-dependent transcription in colorectal cancer cells

Pinella Buongiorno1,2,3, Vaijayanti V Pethe1,2, George S Charames1,2,3, Susmita Esufali1,2,3 and Bharati Bapat1,2,3*

1 Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3L9, Canada

2 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

3 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada

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Molecular Cancer 2008, 7:73 doi:10.1186/1476-4598-7-73

Published: 30 September 2008

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Supplementary figure 1. Active Rac1 binds to the concensus TBE in vitro as shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA).

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Supplementary figure 2. Active Rac1 enhances transcription from Wnt-responsive promoters.

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Supplementary figure 3. Wnt3a-CM stimulates the canonical Wnt pathway in 293T cells.

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