Mixed lineage kinase ZAK utilizing MKK7 and not MKK4 to activate the c-Jun N-terminal kinase and playing a role in the cell arrest

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-110

  Yang, Jaw Ji ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; JNK SAPK; Leucine zipper (LZ) and sterile motif (SAM) kinase (ZAK); Mixed lineage kinase (MLK)

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLIN E; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 7; MIXED LINEAGE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; STERILE ALPHA MOTIF KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE KINASE 7; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036385726     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02123-X     Document Type: Article

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