Nuclear localization of NF-ATc by a calcineurin-dependent, cyclosporin- sensitive intramolecular interaction

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 824-834

  Beals, Chan R ^b   Clipstone, Neil A ^a,b   Ho, Steffan N ^b   Crabtree, Gerald R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; cyclosporin nuclear localization sequence; protein phosphorylation; tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030899131     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.7.824     Document Type: Article

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