Tyrosine phosphorylation-independent nuclear translocation of a Dictyostelium STAT in response to DIF signaling

Molecular Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 779-788

  Fukuzawa, Masashi ^a   Araki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Adrian, Iris ^a   Williams, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; RNA; STAT PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035014562     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00222-2     Document Type: Article

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