Interferon regulatory factor 1 induces the expression of the interferon-stimulated genes

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 566-575

  Henderson, Ying C ^a   Chou, Marian ^a   Deisseroth, Albert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Interferon stimulated genes; IRF 1; IRF 2

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-2; INTERFERONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031020642     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2057.x     Document Type: Article

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