Site-directed mutagenesis reveals a unique requirement for tyrosine residues in IL-7Rα and TSLPR cytoplasmic domains in TSLP-dependent cell proliferation

BMC Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhong, Jun ^a   Pandey, Akhilesh ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR, ALPHA CHAIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TSLPR PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 77949894968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-11-5     Document Type: Article

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