BMK1/ERK5 regulates serum-induced early gene expression through transcription factor MEF2C

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7054-7066

  Kato, Yutaka ^a   Kravchenko, Vladimir V ^a   Tapping, Richard I ^a   Han, Jiahuai ^a   Ulevitch, Richard J ^a   Lee, Jiing Dwan ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMK1; c Jun; MAP kinase; MEF2C; MEK5

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030694387     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.23.7054     Document Type: Article

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