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STATs and Gene Regulation

Darnell, James E.·1997·Science

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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
OpenAlex
W2083802827
Cited by
3,979
References
3
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FWCI
94.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
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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