Identification of BSAP (Pax-5) target genes in early B-cell development by loss- and gain-of-function experiments

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2319-2333

  Nutt, Stephen L ^a   Morrison, Aline M ^c   Dörfler, Petra ^d   Rolink, Antonius ^b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphopoiesis; LEF 1; m6 1; N myc; Pax 5 target genes

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BSAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIGENS, CD79; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032522538     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2319     Document Type: Article

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