Bovine leukemia virus gp30 transmembrane (TM) protein is not tyrosine phosphorylated: Examining potential interactions with host tyrosine-mediated signaling

Virus Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 155-169

  Hamilton, Valerie T ^a   Stone, Diana M ^a   Pritchard, Suzanne M ^a   Cantor, Glenn H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; BCR; Bovine leukemia virus; ITAM; ITIM; Phosphorylation; Signaling; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CD8ALPHA; PROTEIN GP30; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY CELL; LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, AMINO ACID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LAMB;

EID: 0036891215     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00149-1     Document Type: Article

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