Physical association between STAT1 and the interferon-inducible protein kinase PKR and implications for interferon and double-stranded RNA signaling pathways

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1291-1304

  Wong, Andrew Hoi Tao ^a   Ning Tam, Nancy Wai ^a   Yang, Yi Li ^b   Cuddihy, Andrew R ^a   Li, Suiyang ^a   Kirchhoff, Sabine ^c   Hauser, Hansjörg ^c   Decker, Thomas ^d   Koromilas, Antonis E ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Double stranded RNA; Interferon; Protein phosphorylation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INTERFERON; PROTEIN KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EIF-2 KINASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MICE; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0343852938     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.6.1291     Document Type: Article

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