... SchwartzbergNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USAIntroductionAmong the key players in intracellular signaling in lym-phocytes are the Tec family kinases ... cascade of signal-ing events initiated by the activation of the Src-familykinase Lck, which phosphorylates immunoreceptortyrosine activation motifs on the intracellular domains of CD3, leading ... signaling, requiredfor full activation of phospholipase Cc, and downstream Ca2+and ERK-mediated signaling pathways. Over the last 10 years, data have implicated the Tec family kinases Itk and...