Amino-terminal phosphorylation of c-Jun regulates stress-induced apoptosis and cellular proliferation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 326-329

  Behrens, Axel ^a   Sibilia, Maria ^a   Wagner, Erwin F ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FIBROBLASTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; KAINIC ACID; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 12; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; SEIZURES; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032979438     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6854     Document Type: Article

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