Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) as a new component of the signal transduction pathway in glioma cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-141

  Mosieniak, Grazyna ^a   Pyrzynska, Beata ^a   Kaminska, Bozena ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

AP 1; Cyclosporin A; Glioma cells; Nuclear factor of activated T cells; Programmed cell death; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOMA CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031812481     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71010134.x     Document Type: Article

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