STATs and Gene Regulation
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STATs (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are a family of latent cytoplasmic proteins that are activated to participate in gene control when cells encounter various extracellular polypeptides. Biochemical and molecular genetic explorations have defined a single tyrosine phosphorylation site and, in a dimeric partner molecule, an Src homology 2 (SH2) phosphotyrosine-binding domain, a DNA interaction domain, and a number of protein-protein interaction domains (with receptors, other transcription factors, the transcription machinery, and perhaps a tyrosine phosphatase). Mouse genetics experiments have defined crucial roles for each known mammalian STAT. The discovery of a STAT in Drosophila , and most recently in Dictyostelium discoideum , implies an ancient evolutionary origin for this dual-function set of proteins.
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STAT3 belongs to the family of STAT transcription factors which mediate the cellular response to a variety of cytokines and growth factors including IL-6.
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- Authors
- Darnell, J. E.
- Affiliations
- The author is in the Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1997-09-12
- Volume
- 277
- Issue
- 5332
- Pages
- 1630-1635
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- FWCI
- 94.30
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 34420, R01AI032489, AI32489)
- 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 › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Keywords
- STAT proteins, signal transducer and activator of transcription, gene expression regulation, transcriptional regulation, tyrosine phosphorylation, SH2 domain, DNA-binding domain, protein-protein interaction, protein tyrosine phosphatase, transcription factors, mouse genetics, Dictyostelium discoideum
- MeSH terms
- Animals, DNA, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Phosphorylation, Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Activation, Trans-Activators, src Homology Domains, Phosphotyrosine, Dimerization
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