JAKs and STATs in invertebrate model organisms

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1578-1584

  Dearolf, C R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Drosophila; Genetics; JAK kinase; Signaling; STAT; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; STAT1 PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; LEUKEMIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032827836     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050397     Document Type: Review

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