STAT6 is required for IL-4-induced germline Ig gene transcription and switch recombination

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 302-310

  Linehan, Leslie A ^a   Warren, Wendy D ^a   Thompson, Patricia A ^a,d   Grusby, Michael J ^b,c   Berton, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, T-INDEPENDENT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN EPSILON-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIGANDS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031859134     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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