Synergistic interaction of MEK kinase 2, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) kinase 2, and JNK1 results in efficient and specific JNK1 activation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2334-2342

  Cheng, Jinke ^a   Yang, Jianhua ^a   Xia, Ying ^b   Karin, Michael ^b   Su, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 7; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034061264     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.7.2334-2342.2000     Document Type: Article

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