Prf, a novel Ets family protein that binds to the PU.1 binding motif, is specifically expressed in restricted stages of B cell development

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1423-1429

  Hashimoto, Shu Ichi ^b   Nishizumi, Hirofumi ^b   Hayashi, Reiko ^b   Tsubol, Akio ^b   Nagawa, Fumikiyo ^b   Takemori, Toshitada ^a   Sakano, Hitoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3' enhancer; B cell development; Ets family protein; Ig gene; PU.1

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; DNA LIBRARY; ENHANCER REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0032853204     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.9.1423     Document Type: Article

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