The interleukin 2 receptor α chain/CD25 promoter is a target for nuclear factor of activated T cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1369-1373

  Schuh, Kai ^a   Twardzik, Thomas ^a   Kneitz, Burkhard ^a   Heyer, Jörg ^a   Schimpl, Anneliese ^a   Serfling, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2 receptor; NF AT factors; Nuclear factor of activated T cells; T cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0032487527     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.7.1369     Document Type: Article

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