Nuclear translocation of upstream stimulating factor 2 (USF2) in activated mast cells: A possible role in their survival

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2881-2887

  Frenkel, Shahar ^a   Kay, Gillian ^a   Nechushtan, Hovav ^a   Razin, Ehud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; IMMUNE SERA; INTERLEUKIN-3; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 0032530948     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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