Molecular basis of cytokine receptor activation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 509-518

  Lopez, Angel F ^a   Hercus, Timothy R ^a   Ekert, Paul ^b   Littler, Dene R ^c   Guthridge, Mark ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Ramshaw, Hayley S ^a   Stomski, Frank ^a   Perugini, Michelle ^a   D'Andrea, Richard ^a,d   Grimbaldeston, Michele ^a   Parker, Michael W ^c,e  

^a CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine receptors; Cytokines; Programmed death mechanism; Signal transduction; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 5 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; CD131 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE;

BASOPHIL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR COMMON BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-3; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-5; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955911496     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.350     Document Type: Review

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