Interferon Regulatory Factor-3

IFN-Regulatory Factor 3; IFN Regulatory Factor 3; IRF 3 Transcription Factor; Interferon Regulatory Factor 3; Transcription Factor, IRF-3
An interferon regulatory factor that is expressed constitutively and undergoes POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION following viral infection. PHOSPHORYLATION of IRF-3 causes the protein to be translocated from the CYTOPLASM to CELL NUCLEUS where it binds DNA, and activates transcription.