Transcription mediated by NFAT is highly inducible in effector CD4+ T helper 2 (Th2) cells but not in Th1 cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1522-1534

  Rincón, Mercedes ^a,c   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031034051     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1522     Document Type: Article

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