Induction of early B cell factor (EBF) and multiple B lineage genes by the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor E12

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 699-713

  Kee, Barbara L ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell development; Gene expression; Lineage determination; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MITOGENS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032541471     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.4.699     Document Type: Article

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