0 10 Activation Activation NNP 11 13 of of IN 14 21 pp90rsk pp90rsk NN 22 25 and and CC 26 31 early early JJ 32 38 growth growth NN 39 49 response-1 response-1 NN 50 54 gene gene NN 55 65 expression expression NN 66 68 by by IN 69 77 pokeweed pokeweed NN 78 85 mitogen mitogen NN 86 88 in in IN 89 94 human human JJ 95 96 B B NNP 97 102 cells cell NNS 102 103 . . . 105 108 The the DT 109 116 present present JJ 117 124 studies study NNS 125 129 have have VBP 130 138 examined examine VBN 139 142 the the DT 143 150 effects effect NNS 151 153 of of IN 154 162 pokeweed pokeweed NN 163 170 mitogen mitogen NN 171 172 ( ( ( 172 175 PWM PWM NNP 175 176 ) ) ) 177 179 on on IN 180 183 the the DT 184 193 induction induction NN 194 196 of of IN 197 202 early early JJ 203 209 growth growth NN 210 220 response-1 response-1 NN 221 225 gene gene NN 226 227 ( ( ( 227 232 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 232 233 ) ) ) 234 236 in in IN 237 243 normal normal JJ 244 249 human human JJ 250 251 B b NN 252 257 cells cell NNS 257 258 . . . 259 262 PWM PWM NNP 263 272 regulates regulate VBZ 273 278 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 279 283 gene gene NN 284 294 expression expression NN 295 297 by by IN 298 302 both both CC 303 318 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 319 322 and and CC 323 343 post-transcriptional post-transcriptional JJ 344 354 mechanisms mechanism NNS 354 355 . . . 356 365 Transient transient JJ 366 378 transfection transfection NN 379 385 assays assay NNS 386 390 with with IN 391 396 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 397 405 promoter promoter NN 406 415 fragments fragment NNS 416 422 linked link VBN 423 425 to to TO 426 429 the the DT 430 445 chloramphenicol chloramphenicol NN 446 463 acetyltransferase acetyltransferase NN 464 465 ( ( ( 465 468 CAT CAT NNP 468 469 ) ) ) 470 474 gene gene NN 475 487 demonstrated demonstrate VBD 488 492 that that IN 493 496 PWM PWM NNP 497 504 induced induce VBD 505 510 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 511 524 transcription transcription NN 525 527 is be VBZ 528 537 conferred confer VBN 538 540 by by IN 541 544 the the DT 545 549 CArG CArG NNP 550 555 motif motif NN 556 557 ( ( ( 557 558 C C NNP 559 567 C[AT]6GG C[AT]6GG NNP 567 568 ) ) ) 569 571 in in IN 572 575 the the DT 576 581 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 582 590 promoter promoter NN 590 591 . . . 592 595 The the DT 596 603 results result NNS 604 611 further further RB 612 624 demonstrated demonstrate VBD 625 628 the the DT 629 639 activation activation NN 640 642 of of IN 643 645 S6 S6 NNP 646 652 kinase kinase NNP 653 654 ( ( ( 654 661 pp90rsk pp90rsk NN 661 662 ) ) ) 662 663 , , , 664 673 evidenced evidence VBN 674 676 by by IN 677 692 phosphorylation phosphorylation NN 693 695 of of IN 696 698 S6 S6 NNP 699 702 and and CC 703 708 serum serum NN 709 717 response response NN 718 724 factor factor NN 725 726 ( ( ( 726 729 SRF SRF NNP 729 730 ) ) ) 731 739 peptides peptide NNS 739 740 , , , 741 743 in in IN 744 747 PWM PWM NNP 748 755 treated treated JJ 756 757 B B NNP 758 763 cells cell NNS 763 764 . . . 765 770 Taken take VBN 771 779 together together RB 779 780 , , , 781 786 these these DT 787 795 findings finding NNS 796 803 suggest suggest VBP 804 808 that that IN 809 812 PWM PWM NNP 813 815 is be VBZ 816 820 able able JJ 821 823 to to TO 824 832 initiate initiate VB 833 835 an an DT 836 852 intracytoplasmic intracytoplasmic JJ 853 863 signalling signalling NN 864 871 cascade cascade NN 872 875 and and CC 876 881 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 882 891 induction induction NN 892 894 in in IN 895 901 normal normal JJ 902 907 human human JJ 908 909 B b NN 910 915 cells cell NNS 915 916 . . .