Evolutionary Origins of cGAS-STING Signaling

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 733-743

  Margolis, Shally R ^a   Wilson, Stephen C ^a,b   Vance, Russell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; SIGNALING ADAPTOR STING; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; INTERFERON; MB21D1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MPYS PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON TYPE I; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85017444625     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.03.004     Document Type: Review

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