STATs: transcriptional control and biological impact
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Extracellular proteins bound to cell-surface receptors can change nuclear gene expression patterns in minutes, with far-reaching consequences for development, cell growth and homeostasis. The signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins are among the most well studied of the latent cytoplasmic signal-dependent transcription-factor pathways. In addition to several roles in normal cell decisions, dysregulation of STAT function contributes to human disease, making the study of these proteins an important topic of current research.
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Ser727Ala mutation impairs transcriptional activity by different STATs.
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- Authors
- Levy, D. E., & Darnell, J. E.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- ORCID
- Levy, David E.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Published
- 2002-09-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 651-662
- ISSN
- 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0080
- OpenAlex
- W1821858011
- Cited by
- 3,201
- References
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- FWCI
- 11.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
- Keywords
- STAT proteins, signal transducer and activator of transcription, transcriptional regulation, cell surface receptors, transcription factors, gene expression
- MeSH terms
- Animals, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Models, Molecular, Phosphorylation, Protein Conformation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Transcription, Genetic, Signal Transduction, Trans-Activators, Protein Transport, STAT1 Transcription Factor, Janus Kinase 1
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