The Transcription Factor B Cell-Specific Activator Protein (BSAP) Enhances Both IL-4- and CD40-Mediated Activation of the Human ∈ Germline Promoter

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5874-5882

  Thienes, Cortlandt P ^a,b   De Monte, Lucia ^a   Monticelli, Silvia ^a   Busslinger, Meinrad ^c   Gould, Hannah J ^b   Vercelli, Donata ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PAX5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANTIGENS, CD40; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; INTERLEUKIN-4; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031570410     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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