STAT1-cooperative DNA binding distinguishes type 1 from type 2 interferon signaling

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-176

  Begitt, Andreas ^a,h   Droescher, Mathias ^a,g,h   Meyer, Thomas ^b,h   Schmid, Christoph D ^c,d   Baker, Michelle ^a   Antunes, Filipa ^a,g   Owen, Markus R ^a   Naumann, Ronald ^e   Decker, Thomas ^f   Vinkemeier, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^h Novozymes Biopharma DK A S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA ACTIVATED FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOMODIMER; INTERFERON; INTERFERON STIMULATED GENE FACTOR 3; PHENYLALANINE; STAT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-STIMULATED GENE FACTOR 3; LISTERIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSGENES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS INDIANA VIRUS;

EID: 84892782565     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2794     Document Type: Article

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