Enhancer-blocking activity within the DNase I hypersensitive site 2 to 6 region between the TCR α and Dad1 genes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Zhong, Xiao Ping ^a,b   Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CINNAMATES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; HUMANS; HYGROMYCIN B; JURKAT CELLS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEOMYCIN; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033168631     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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