Differential Expression of Transcription Directed by a Discrete NF-AT Binding Element from the IL-4 Promoter in Naive and Effector CD4 T Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-43

  Aune, Thomas M ^a,b   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031180393     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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