Distinct activation properties of the nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) isoforms NFATc3 and NFATc4 in neurons

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 37594-37609

  Ulrich, Jason D ^a   Kim, Man Su ^a,b   Houlihan, Patrick R ^a   Shutov, Leonid P ^a   Mohapatra, Durga P ^a   Strack, Stefan ^a   Usachev, Yuriy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROPERTY; ISOFORMS; NEURONAL FUNCTION; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF ACTIVATED T-CELLS; NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATIONS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEURONS;

CALCIUM ION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF ACTIVATED T CELL 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PC12 CELLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84868316950     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.365197     Document Type: Article

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