p38 MAP kinase is required for STAT1 serine phosphorylation and transcriptional activation induced by interferons

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5601-5608

  Goh, Kee Chuan ^a   Haque, S Jaharul ^a   Williams, Bryan R G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon; p38; Ser727; STAT1

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOSERINE; SERINE; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INTERFERON TYPE I, RECOMBINANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MAP KINASE KINASE 6; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PYRIDINES; SERINE; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033569905     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5601     Document Type: Article

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