0 3 ras ras NN 4 11 protein protein NN 12 20 activity activity NN 21 23 is be VBZ 24 33 essential essential JJ 34 37 for for IN 38 44 T-cell t-cell NN 45 52 antigen antigen NN 53 61 receptor receptor NN 62 68 signal signal NN 69 81 transduction transduction NN 81 82 . . . 84 86 In in IN 87 88 a a DT 89 95 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 96 100 cell cell NN 101 106 model model NN 107 109 of of IN 110 116 T-cell t-cell NN 117 127 activation activation NN 128 130 an an DT 131 144 interleukin-2 interleukin-2 NN 145 162 promoter/reporter promoter/reporter NN 163 167 gene gene NN 168 177 construct construct NN 178 181 was be VBD 182 191 activated activate VBN 192 194 by by IN 195 202 antigen antigen NN 203 211 receptor receptor NN 212 219 agonism agonism NN 220 222 in in IN 223 234 combination combination NN 235 239 with with IN 240 243 the the DT 244 254 lymphokine lymphokine NN 255 268 interleukin-1 interleukin-1 NN 268 269 . . . 270 277 Antigen antigen NN 278 286 receptor receptor NN 287 294 signals signal NNS 295 300 could could MD 301 303 be be VB 304 312 mimicked mimic VBN 313 315 by by IN 316 326 suboptimal suboptimal JJ 327 337 activation activation NN 338 340 of of IN 341 348 protein protein NN 349 355 kinase kinase NNP 356 357 C C NNP 358 359 ( ( ( 359 362 PKC PKC NNP 362 363 ) ) ) 364 368 with with IN 369 376 phorbol phorbol NN 377 383 esters ester NNS 384 386 in in IN 387 398 combination combination NN 399 403 with with IN 404 411 calcium calcium NN 412 424 mobilization mobilization NN 425 427 by by IN 428 430 an an DT 431 440 ionophore ionophore NN 440 441 . . . 442 444 In in IN 445 459 cotransfection cotransfection NN 460 471 experiments experiment NNS 471 472 , , , 473 482 oncogenic oncogenic JJ 483 487 rats rat NNS 488 496 obviated obviate VBD 497 500 the the DT 501 505 need need NN 506 509 for for IN 510 513 PKC PKC NNP 514 525 stimulation stimulation NN 526 529 but but CC 530 533 did do VBD 534 537 not not RB 538 545 replace replace VB 546 552 either either CC 553 556 the the DT 557 564 calcium calcium NN 565 571 signal signal NN 572 574 or or CC 575 588 interleukin-1 interleukin-1 NN 588 589 . . . 590 599 Activated activate VBN 600 603 ras ras NN 604 614 expression expression NN 615 619 also also RB 620 628 replaced replace VBD 629 632 the the DT 633 644 requirement requirement NN 645 648 for for IN 649 652 PKC PKC NNP 653 664 stimulation stimulation NN 665 667 in in IN 668 678 activation activation NN 679 681 of of IN 682 685 the the DT 686 692 T-cell t-cell NN 693 706 transcription transcription NN 707 713 factor factor NN 714 719 NF-AT nf-at NN 719 720 . . . 721 722 A a DT 723 731 dominant dominant JJ 732 742 inhibitory inhibitory JJ 743 746 ras ras NN 747 753 mutant mutant NN 754 766 specifically specifically RB 767 774 blocked block VBD 775 782 antigen antigen NN 783 791 receptor receptor NN 792 799 agonism agonism NN 799 800 , , , 801 811 indicating indicate VBG 812 816 that that IN 817 820 ras ras NN 821 829 activity activity NN 830 832 is be VBZ 833 841 required require VBN 842 845 for for IN 846 853 antigen antigen NN 854 862 receptor receptor NN 863 872 signaling signaling NN 872 873 . . . 874 876 In in IN 877 885 addition addition NN 885 886 , , , 887 889 an an DT 890 899 inhibitor inhibitor NN 900 902 of of IN 903 906 PKC PKC NNP 907 914 blocked block VBD 915 919 both both CC 920 929 activated activate VBD 930 933 ras ras NN 934 937 and and CC 938 945 phorbol phorbol NN 946 951 ester ester NN 952 963 stimulation stimulation NN 963 964 , , , 965 975 suggesting suggest VBG 976 977 a a DT 978 982 role role NN 983 986 for for IN 987 990 ras ras NN 991 999 upstream upstream JJ 1000 1002 of of IN 1003 1006 PKC PKC NNP 1006 1007 . . .