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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Transcription Factors > NF-kappa B
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nuclear Proteins > NF-kappa B
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > DNA-Binding Proteins > NF-kappa B
Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > NF-kappa B

Preferred term

NF-kappa B  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Enhancer-Binding Protein, Immunoglobulin
  • Factor-Kappab, Nuclear
  • Factor NF-kB, Transcription
  • Immunoglobulin Enhancer Binding Protein
  • Immunoglobulin Enhancer-Binding Protein
  • kappa B Enhancer Binding Protein
  • NF kappaB
  • NF-kappaB
  • NF kB
  • NF-kB
  • NF-kB, Transcription Factor
  • Nuclear Factor kappa B
  • Nuclear Factor Kappab
  • Nuclear Factor-Kappab
  • Transcription Factor NF kB
  • Transcription Factor NF-kB

Scope note

  • Ubiquitous, inducible, nuclear transcriptional activator that binds to enhancer elements in many different cell types and is activated by pathogenic stimuli. The NF-kappa B complex is a heterodimer composed of two DNA-binding subunits: NF-kappa B1 and relA.

History note

  • 91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016328

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