The cGAS-STING Pathway for DNA Sensing

Molecular Cell

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-139

  Xiao, T Sam ^a   Fitzgerald, KatherineA ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CGAS PROTEIN; DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880426658     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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