Publication Date:
1993-10-29
Description:
Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) is a transcription factor that regulates expression of the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) in activated T cells. The DNA-binding specificity of NFAT is conferred by NFATp, a phosphoprotein that is a target for the immunosuppressive compounds cyclosporin A and FK506. Here, the purification of NFATp from murine T cells and the isolation of a complementary DNA clone encoding NFATp are reported. A truncated form of NFATp, expressed as a recombinant protein in bacteria, binds specifically to the NFAT site of the murine IL-2 promoter and forms a transcriptionally active complex with recombinant protein fragment react with T cell NFATp. The molecular cloning of NFATp should allow detailed analysis of a T cell transcription factor that is central to initiation of the immune response.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McCaffrey, P G -- Luo, C -- Kerppola, T K -- Jain, J -- Badalian, T M -- Ho, A M -- Burgeon, E -- Lane, W S -- Lambert, J N -- Curran, T -- CA42471/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM46227/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- NS25078/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Oct 29;262(5134):750-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Tumor Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8235597" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Cell Line
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DNA, Complementary
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*isolation & purification/physiology
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Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
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Interleukin-2/genetics
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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NFATC Transcription Factors
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*Nuclear Proteins
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Phosphoproteins/genetics/isolation & purification/physiology
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/physiology
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/physiology
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RNA, Messenger/analysis
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Recombinant Proteins
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T-Lymphocytes/*chemistry
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Transcription Factors/genetics/*isolation & purification/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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