Selective and strain-specific NFAT4 activation by the Toxoplasma gondii polymorphic dense granule protein GRA6

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2013-2032

  Ma, Ji Su ^a,b,c,d   Sasai, Miwa ^a,b   Ohshima, Jun ^a,b   Lee, Youngae ^b   Bando, Hironori ^a   Takeda, Kiyoshi ^c,d,e   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN GRA6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAML PROTEIN, MOUSE; GRA6 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; LUCIFERASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84907201011     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20131272     Document Type: Article

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