Apoptosis is mediated by death domain containing adapter molecules and a caspase family of proteases. Certainserine/threonine protein kinases, such as ASK1...
The L1CAM gene, which is located in Xq28, is involved in three distinct conditions: 1) HSAS (hydrocephalus-stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius); 2) MASA...
Members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family play a key regulatory role in a variety of cellular functions including cell growth and differentiation, gene...
NMDA receptor subtype of glutamate-gated ion channels possesses high calcium permeability and voltage-dependent sensitivity to magnesium. Mediated by...
MAP kinase activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAP Kinase 2), also known as p45 hsp27 kinase, is a 45-54 kDa serine/threonine protein kinase that contains a...
Three major forms of IkB-like molecules have been identified and each is characterized by multiple copies of ankyrin repeats. IkB-alpha and IkB-beta appear...
Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of...
Eukaryotic gene transcription is regulated by sequence-specific transcription factors that bind modular cis acting promoter and enhancer elements. The ATF/...
Smad proteins, the mammalian homologs of the Drosophila Mothers against dpp (Mad) have been implicated as downstream effectors of TGFbeta/BMP signaling....
Cyclic AMP Response Element Binding protein (CREB) is a basic / leucine zipper transcription factor that binds the cyclic AMP response element (CRE) and...
Cell cycle progression is regulated by a series of cyclin-dependent kinases that consist of catalytic subunits, designated Cdks, and activating subunits,...
Tyk 2 belongs to the family of non-receptor janus tyrosine kinases, which regulate a spectrum of cellular functions occurring downstream of activated...
p53, a DNA-binding, oligomerization domain and transcription activation domain-containing tumor suppressor, upregulates growth arrest and apoptosisrelated...
Bcl-2 is one among many key regulators of apoptosis which are essential for proper development, tissue homeostasis and protection against foreign pathogens....
Cyclin E, along with the three cyclin D proteins and cyclin C, has been shown to represent a putative G1 cyclin on the basis of its cyclic pattern of mRNA...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are a large family of integral membrane water transport channel proteins that facilitate the transport of water through the cell membrane....
PKCs were originally identified as serine/threonine protein kinases whose activity was dependent on calcium and phospholipids. Diacylglycerols (DAG) and...
In the small intestine, each isoform is cleaved by Enterokinase into its active form, Trypsin-1, Trypsin-2 and Trypsin-3, respectively. All trypsins are...
SEMA3C (also designated Semaphorin 3C, Semaphorin E, SEMAE, SemE,sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig) and short basic domain, secreted)is an ubiquitous...
The PAH gene encodes the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine and is the rate-limiting enzyme in phenylalanine...