Protein kinase Cθ (PKCθ): A key enzyme in T cell life and death

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 841-846

  Altman, Amnon ^a   Villalba, Martin ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1; Immunological synapse; NF B; PKC ; T cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C THETA; RAC1 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036952044     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003295     Document Type: Article

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