Transcription factors IRF-1 and IRF-2: Linking the immune responses arid tumor suppression

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-130

  Taniguchi, Tadatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-2; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030779714     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199711)173:2<128::AID-JCP8>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Conference Paper

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