Signal integration in the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 519-529

  Ron, David ^a   Walter, Peter ^b  

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

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; AMINO ACID; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE R; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ATAXIA; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34250899722     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2199     Document Type: Review

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