Recombinant NFAT1 (NFATp) is regulated by calcineurin in T cells and mediates transcription of several cytokine genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3955-3966

  Luo, Chun ^a,b   Burgeon, Emmanuel ^a,b   Carew, Josephine A ^a,b   McCaffrey, Patricia G ^a,b,d   Badalian, Tina M ^a,b   Lane, William S ^c   Hogan, Patrick G ^b   Rao, Anjana ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029940394     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3955     Document Type: Article

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