Immunological synapse: A multi-protein signalling cellular apparatus for controlling gene expression

Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Padhan, Kartika ^a   Varma, Rajat ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune synapses; Signalling signal transduction; Systems biology; T cell receptor; Transcription factors (gene regulation)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; DYNAMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 75949116465     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03241.x     Document Type: Review

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