Tec family of protein-tyrosine kinases: An overview of their structure and function

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 267-280

  Mano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Btk; Pleckstrin homology domain; Protein tyrosine kinase; Tec

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN TEC; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHO FACTOR; TEC PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMOSOME; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033190523     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6101(99)00019-2     Document Type: Review

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