Shaping the nuclear action of NF-κB

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-401

  Chen, Lin Feng ^a   Greene, Warner C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACETYLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 2342522110     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1368     Document Type: Review

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