Chromatin-based regulatory mechanisms governing cytokine gene transcription

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 990-999

  Agarwal, Suneet ^a   Viola, João P B ^b   Anjana, Rao ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation; IL 4; T cell activation; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032802383     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70168-5     Document Type: Article

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