TY - GEN AU - Eckenberg,R AU - Rose,T AU - Moreau,J L AU - Weil,R AU - Gesbert,F AU - Dubois,S AU - Tello,D AU - Bossus,M AU - Gras,H AU - Tartar,A AU - Bertoglio,J AU - Chouaïb,S AU - Goldberg,M AU - Jacques,Y AU - Alzari,P M AU - Thèze,J TI - The first alpha helix of interleukin (IL)-2 folds as a homotetramer, acts as an agonist of the IL-2 receptor beta chain, and induces lymphokine-activated killer cells SN - 0022-1007 PY - 2000///0418 KW - Amino Acid Sequence KW - Animals KW - Binding Sites KW - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes KW - metabolism KW - Cell Line KW - Enzyme Activation KW - drug effects KW - Humans KW - Interferon-gamma KW - analysis KW - Interleukin-2 KW - chemistry KW - Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated KW - Lymphocyte Activation KW - Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) KW - Lymphocyte Subsets KW - Mice KW - Molecular Sequence Data KW - Monocytes KW - Peptide Fragments KW - Protein Folding KW - Receptors, Interleukin-2 KW - agonists KW - Signal Transduction KW - src Homology Domains N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.191.3.529 ER -