Protein kinase Cθ: The pleiotropic T-cell signalling intermediate

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1512-1518

  Wachowicz, Katarzyna ^a   Baier, Gottfried ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Effector differentiation and plasticity; Protein kinase C (PKC) family; Protein kinase C (PKC ); T cell activation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C THETA; ISOENZYME; PRKCQ PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLEIOTROPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH17 CELL; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84911489218     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20140179     Document Type: Article

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