The MEK kinases MEKK4/Ssk2p facilitate complexity in the stress signaling responses of diverse systems

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-43

  Bettinger, Blaine T ^a   Amberg, David C ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; MAP kinase pathway; MEKK4; MTK1; Osmotic stress; SSK2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLYCEROL; ISOENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN SSK2P; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MAMMALS; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 4; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34247480492     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21289     Document Type: Review

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