The C-terminal region of human NFATc2 binds cJun to synergistically activate interleukin-2 transcription

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2314-2322

  Nguyen, Tuan N ^a,b   Kim, Loree J ^a,c   Walters, Ryan D ^a   Drullinger, Linda F ^a   Lively, Tricia N ^a,d   Kugel, Jennifer F ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CeloNova BioSciences Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CJun; Interleukin 2; NFAT; Synergy; T cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODIMER; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77955431728     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.05.287     Document Type: Article

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