Control of NFATx1 nuclear translocation by a calcineurin-regulated inhibitory domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2066-2075

  Masuda, Esteban S ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   Imamura, Ryu ^a   Imai, Shin Ichiro ^c   Arai, Ken Ichi ^b   Arai, Naoko ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYTOKINE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030934859     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.2066     Document Type: Article

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