The interferon-α/β system in antiviral responses: A multimodal machinery of gene regulation by the IRF family of transcription factors

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-116

  Taniguchi, Tadatsugu ^a   Takaoka, Akinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CELL RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE CONTROL; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036467492     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(01)00305-3     Document Type: Review

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