Control of NF-κB transcriptional activation by signal induced proteolysis of IκBα

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1389, 1999, Pages 1601-1609

  Hay, Ronald T ^a   Vuillard, Laurent ^a   Desterro, Joana M P ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

I B modification; NF B activation; SUMO 1; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033615293     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0504     Document Type: Article

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