Interleukin-7 upregulates the interleukin-2-gene expression in activated human T lymphocytes at the transcriptional level by enhancing the DNA binding activities of both nuclear factor of activated T cells and activator protein- 1

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2690-2700

  Gringhuis, Sonja I ^a   De Leij, Lou F M H ^a   Verschuren, Emmy W ^a   Borger, Peter ^a   Vellenga, Edo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030821510     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.7.2690.2690_2690_2700     Document Type: Article

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