NFκB activation is required for interferon regulatory factor-1-mediated interferon β induction

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 546-554

  Kirchhoff, Sabine ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^b   Angel, Peter ^b   Hauser, Hansjörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interferon; IRF 1; MAD3 I B ; NF B; PKR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; I KAPPA B; NF KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; NF-KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE R; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE;

BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EIF-2 KINASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON-BETA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033111772     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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