Regulation of RasGRP1 function in T cell development and activation by its unique tail domain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fuller, Deirdre M ^a   Zhu, Minghua ^a   Song, Xiaohua ^b   Ou Yang, Chih wen ^a   Sullivan, Sarah A ^a   Stone, James C ^b   Zhang, Weiguo ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 1; HERMES ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RESTRICTION SITE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84862231986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038796     Document Type: Article

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