IκBα is a target for the mitogen-activated 90 kDa ribosomal S6 kinase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3133-3144

  Schouten, Govert J ^a   Vertegaal, Alfred C O ^a   Whiteside, Simon T ^b   Israël, Alain ^b   Toebes, Mireille ^a   Dorsman, Josephine C ^a   Van Der Eb, Alex J ^a   Zantema, Alt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adenovirus EIA; I B ; NF B; Phosphorylation; RSK

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; I KAPPA B; NF KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; NF-KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; S6 KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; COS CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; MITOGENS; MUTATION; NF-KAPPA B; NF-KAPPA B P50 SUBUNIT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0031007867     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3133     Document Type: Article

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