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mitogen-activated protein kinases
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mitogen-activated protein kinases [‚mīd·ə·jən ¦ak·tə‚vād·əd ¦prō‚tēn ′kī‚nās·əs]
(cell and molecular biology)
A large kinase network in which upstream kinases activate downstream kinases that, in response to phosphorylation, translocate to the nucleus and activate transcription factors. Abbreviated MAPKs.


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Quercetin attenuated PMACI-induced activation of NF-kappaB and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.
Chapters look at areas such as how aging impacts our innate immunity, regulation of innate immunity by mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatases, seasonality of immunity, and the origin of autoimmune diseases.
For example, the researchers discovered that more than 80 percent of the 188 tumours involved a mutation in a pathway called mitogen-activated protein kinase, or MAPK.
 
 
 
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