Chemicals and Drugs

Immediate-Early Proteins

Proteins that are coded by immediate-early genes, in the absence of de novo protein synthesis. The term was originally used exclusively for viral regulatory proteins that were synthesized just after viral integration into the host cell. It is also used to describe cellular proteins which are synthesized immediately after the resting cell is stimulated by extracellular signals.

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Proteins that are coded by immediate-early genes, in the absence of de novo protein synthesis. The term was originally used exclusively for viral regulatory proteins that were synthesized just after viral integration into the host cell. It is also used to describe cellular proteins which are synthesized immediately after the resting cell is stimulated by extracellular signals.

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3 entry terms
  • Proteins, Immediate-Early
  • Immediate Early Proteins
  • Proteins, Immediate Early

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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proteins coded by immed-early genes: read MeSH definition for history of "immediate-early"

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  • Viral Proteins (1974-1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Immediate-Early Proteins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017874. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017874
  2. Immediate-Early Proteins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77944262