Type I interferons: Expression and signalization

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1109-1121

  Doly, J ^a   Civas, A ^a   Navarro, S ^a   Uze, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activators; Interferon receptors; Regulation expression; Repressors; Signal transduction; Transcription factors; Type I interferons

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE; INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031782812     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050240     Document Type: Review

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