A κB sequence code for pathway-specific innate immune responses

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3826-3835

  Busse, Matthew S ^a   Arnold, Christopher P ^a   Towb, Par ^a   Katrivesis, James ^a   Wasserman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dif; Imd; Motif; Relish; Toll

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; ATTACIN A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ATTACIN-A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DIF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RELISH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34548071028     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601798     Document Type: Article

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