Expression of MHC class II molecules in different cellular and functional compartments is controlled by differential usage of multiple promoters of the transactivator CIITA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2851-2860

  Muhlethaler Mottet, Annick ^b   Otten, Luc A ^b   Steimle, Viktor ^a   Mach, Bernard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CIITA; MHC class II; Promoter; Transactivator

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030949011     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2851     Document Type: Article

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