Ouabain inhibits p38 activation in thymocytes

Cell Biology International

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1323-1328

  Rodrigues Mascarenhas, Sandra ^a   Bloise, Flavia Fonseca ^b   Moscat, Jorge ^c   Rumjanek, Vivian M ^b  

^a Centro de Ciências da Saú   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

ConA; NFAT; Ouabain; p38; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; OUABAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; OUABAIN; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; THYMUS GLAND;

STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 52949088287     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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