NFATc2 recruits cJun homodimers to an NFAT site to synergistically activate interleukin-2 transcription

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 48-56

  Walters, Ryan D ^a   Drullinger, Linda F ^a   Kugel, Jennifer F ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

CJun; Interleukin 2; NFAT; T cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMODIMER; INTERLEUKIN 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BINDING SITES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84877808784     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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