Protein kinase C activity is required for cytotoxic T cell lytic granule exocytosis, but the θ isoform does not play a preferential role

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 509-519

  Grybko, Michael J ^a   Pores Fernando, Arun T ^a   Wurth, Georjeana A ^a   Zweifach, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Flow cytometry; PKC

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C THETA;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACETOPHENONES; BENZOPYRANS; CALCIUM; CARBAZOLES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; INDOLES; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 33846665903     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0206109     Document Type: Article

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