Activation of Skeletal α-Actin Gene Transcription: The Cooperative Formation of Serum Response Factor-Binding Complexes over Positive cis-Acting Promoter Serum Response Elements Displaces a Negative-Acting Nuclear Factor Enriched in Replicating Myoblasts and Nonmyogenic Cells

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