Mechanism of interferon action: Functional characterization of positive and negative regulatory domains that modulate transcriptional activation of the human RNA-dependent protein kinase Pkr promoter

Virology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 182-195

  Kuhen, Kelli L ^a,b   Samuel, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CATALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033079823     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9536     Document Type: Article

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