Independent pathways for de-repression of the mouse Ig heavy chain germ-line ε promoter: An IL-4 NAF/NF-IL-4 site as a context-dependent negative element

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 977-989

  Wang, Ding Zhi ^a   Cherrington, Andrea ^a   Famakin Mosuro, Bolanle ^a   Boothby, Mark ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Germ line promoter IL 4; IL 4 NAF NF IL 4; Repressor; Stat proteins

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; RAPAMYCIN; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYENES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030018195     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.7.977     Document Type: Article

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