Identification of a STAT6 Domain Required for IL-4-Induced Activation of Transcription

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1255-1264

  Lu, Binfeng ^a   Reichel, Martin ^a   Fisher, Douglas A ^b   Smith, James F ^b   Rothman, Paul ^a,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROLINE; STAT6 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031204428     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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