Molecular origin and functional consequences of digital signaling and hysteresis during ras activation in lymphocytes

Science Signaling

Volumn 2, Issue 66, 2009, Pages

  Chakraborty, Arup K ^a,b   Das, Jayajit ^e   Zikherman, Julie ^c   Yang, Ming ^a   Govern, Christopher C ^a   Ho, Mary ^d   Weiss, Arthur ^c,f   Roose, Jeroen ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RAS PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; SOS PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; CELL TYPE; HYSTERESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SON OF SEVENLESS PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 70349235821     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.266pt2     Document Type: Review

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