The regulation of CD4 and CD8 coreceptor gene expression during T cell development

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue , 1999, Pages 523-554

  Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a   Sawada, Shinichiro ^b   Littman, Dan R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Gene silencing; Lineage commitment; Promoter; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033006012     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.17.1.523     Document Type: Review

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