E. Effect of NEK6 co-expression on ERα gene activation. Relative luciferase activity of ERα in the presence and absence of 1 nM E2 (17β-estradiol) was measured. A dose‑dependent reduction (ng plasmid transfected) in E2-Erα‑dependent luciferase expression was observed in HEK293T, MCF-7 and US-OS cancer cell lines. This effect was not observed with the NEK6(K74M&K75M) kinase‑dead version. Graphs represent ≥ 5 biological replicates, each derived from averaging 6 technical replicates. Error bars indicate SD across the biological replicates. 