Four P-like elements are required for optimal transcription of the mouse IL-4 gene: Involvement of a distinct set of nuclear factor of activated T cells and activator protein-1 family proteins

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1329-1338

  Takemoto, Naofumi ^a   Koyano Nakagawa, Naoko ^a,c   Arai, Naoko ^b   Arai, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Yokota, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis elements; Gene regulation; Promoter activity; T cell activation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICATION PROTEIN C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMOMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030771113     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.9.1329     Document Type: Article

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