Biologically Active Substance
tristetraprolin
Subclass of:
Immediate-Early Proteins;
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;
DNA-Binding Proteins
Definitions related to tristetraprolin:
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A ZINC FINGER MOTIF containing transcription factor that was originally identified as one of the IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS. It shuttles between the CYTOPLASM and the cell nucleus and is involved in destabilization of mRNAs for TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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