A human homolog of the yeast Ssk2/Ssk22 MAP kinase kinase kinases, MTK1, mediates stress-induced activation of the p38 and JNK pathways

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 4973-4982

  Takekawa, Mutsuhiro ^a   Posas, Francesc ^a   Saito, Haruo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

MAP kinase; Phosphorylation; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 3; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE KINASE 6; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030851904     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.16.4973     Document Type: Article

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