Modulation of chromatin structure regulates cytokine gene expression during T cell differentiation

Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 765-775

  Agarwal, Suneet ^a   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0032412441     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80642-1     Document Type: Article

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