Regulation of with-no-lysine kinase signaling by Kelch-like proteins

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 45-56

  Uchida, Shinichi ^a   Sohara, Eisei ^a   Rai, Tatemitsu ^a   Sasaki, Sei ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Kidney; Kinases; Membrane transport; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

CULLIN3 PROTEIN; KELCH LIKE 3 PROTEIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSIVE GENE 1; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; PROTEIN KINASE WNK4; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; STE20 RELATED PROLINE ALANINE RICH KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITH NO LYSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM TYPE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KINASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULLIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893815155     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201300069     Document Type: Article

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