Characterization of DNA binding, transcriptional activation, and regulated nuclear association of recombinant human NFATp

BMC Immunology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kim, Loree J ^a   Ferguson, Heather A ^a   Seto, Anita G ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYTOKINE; DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0002234929     PISSN: 14712172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-1-1     Document Type: Article

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