TCRα enhancer activation occurs via a conformational change of a pre-assembled nucleoprotein complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2034-2045

  Spicuglia, Salvatore ^a   Payet, Dominique ^a   Tripathi, Raj Kamal ^a   Rameil, Pascal ^a   Verthuy, Christophe ^a   Imbert, Jean ^a   Ferrier, Pierre ^a   Hempel, William M ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche Jouveinal   (France)

Author keywords

In vivo footprint; Nucleo protein complex; TCR enhancer

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DNA; HLA DP ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENOME; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

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