Regulation of human epsilon germline transcription: Role of b-cell-specific activator protein

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 35-38

  De Monte, Lucia ^a   Thienes, Cortlandt P ^a,b   Monticelli, Silvia ^a   Busslinger, Meinrad ^c   Gould, Hannah J ^b   Vercelli, Donata ^a  

^a San Raffaele Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Cytokines; Gene regulation; IgE; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 4;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030965585     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237501     Document Type: Article

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