Interleukin-4-specific signal transduction events are driven by homotypic interactions of the interleukin-4 receptor α subunit

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4506-4514

  Lai, Stephen Y ^a   Molden, Jaime ^a   Liu, Kathleen D ^a   Puck, Jennifer M ^b   White, Morris D ^c   Goldsmith, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 4; JAK STAT; Receptor; Signal transduction; Specificity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029834119     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00828.x     Document Type: Article

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