Transcriptional regulation by calcium, calcineurin, and NFAT

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2205-2232

  Hogan, Patrick G ^a   Chen, Lin ^b   Nardone, Julie ^a   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; CATHEPSIN K; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-KAPPA B; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0141483523     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1102703     Document Type: Review

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