Identification of IL-4 Promoter Elements Conferring Th2-Restricted Expression during T Helper Cell Subset Development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 765-773

  Wenner, Cynthia A ^a   Szabo, Susanne J ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADAPTIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; VESICULAR TRANSPORT ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADAPTOR PROTEIN COMPLEX ALPHA SUBUNITS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH2 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031567889     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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