The MKK7 gene encodes a group of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase kinases

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1569-1581

  Tournier, Cathy ^a   Whitmarsh, Alan J ^a   Cavanagh, Julie ^a   Barrett, Tamera ^a   Davis, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; THREONINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE;

EID: 0032926898     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.2.1569     Document Type: Article

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