A T cell-specific enhancer in the interleukin-3 locus is activated cooperatively by Oct and NFAT elements within a DNase I-hypersensitive site

Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Duncliffe, Kym N ^a   Bert, Andrew G ^a   Vadas, Mathew A ^a   Cockerill, Peter N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031002767     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80424-0     Document Type: Article

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