Activation of the Drosophila MLK by ceramide reveals TNF-α and ceramide as agonists of mammalian MLK3

Molecular Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1527-1533

  Sathyanarayana, Pradeep ^a   Barthwal, Manoj K ^a   Kundu, Chanakya N ^a   Lane, Mary Ellen ^b   Bergmann, Andreas ^c   Tzivion, Guri ^a   Rana, Ajay ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; ISOENZYME; MIXED LINEAGE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGONIST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036924048     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00734-7     Document Type: Article

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