Article
T cell activation induced by novel gain-of-function mutants of Syk and ZAP-70.
Laboratorium für Molekulare Biologie, Genzentrum der Universität München, Feodor Lynen Strasse 25, D-81377 München, Germany.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (impact factor:
4.77).
07/1998;
273(25):15445-52.
pp.15445-52
Source: PubMed
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Keywords
antigen receptor-mediated signal transduction
cellular targets
conserved C-terminal tyrosine residues
intracellular calcium mobilization
Jurkat T cells
Lck-deficient JCaM1 Jurkat cells
lymphokine promoter activation
modulatory factors
mutant kinases display
novel mutants
phosphorylation
potential targets
prominent gain-of-function phenotype
receptor engagement
results implicate
Syk family kinases
Syk family tyrosine kinases
tyrosine phosphorylation
tyrosine residues
ZAP YF-C-induced signaling
