The Jak-STAT pathway: Specific signal transduction from the cell membrane to the nucleus

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Heim, M H ^a,b  

^a KANTONSSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Jak kinetics; Signal transduction; STAT proteins

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030029639     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1996.103248.x     Document Type: Review

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