T-cell subset-specific expression of the IL-4 gene is regulated by a silencer element and STAT6

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4007-4020

  Kubo, Masato ^a   Ransom, John ^b   Webb, David ^c   Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^d   Tada, Tomio ^a   Nakayama, Toshinori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Cadus Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^c Cadus Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^d Institute of Immunology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 4; Promoter; Silencer; STAT6

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYBRIDOMAS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030927197     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.4007     Document Type: Article

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