What controls tissue-specific expression of the IL-4 gene?

Immunobiology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 170-178

  Li Weber, Min ^a   Laur, Oskar ^a   Davydov, Ilia V ^c   Hu, Chenggan ^b   Salgame, Padmini ^b   Krammer, Peter H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031464632     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(97)80038-1     Document Type: Article

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