Tumor necrosis factor α-induced activation of c-jun N-terminal kinase is mediated by TRAF2

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1080-1092

  Reinhard, Christoph ^a   Shamoon, Blanche ^a   Shyamala, Venkatakrishna ^a   Williams, Lewis T ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

JNK; NF B; Signal transduction; TNF receptor; TRAF2

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD4; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DEATH; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 2; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031048067     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.5.1080     Document Type: Article

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