C. elegans STAT: Evolution of a regulatory switch

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1641-1652

  Wang, Yaming ^a   Levy, David E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding factor; Domain accretion; Nematodes; Nuclear accumulation; SH2 domain; Transcription factors; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN STA 1; STAT PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; STA 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; STA-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33749363039     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6051com     Document Type: Article

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