Octamer proteins inhibit IL-4 gene transcription in normal human CD4 T cells

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 464-468

  Cron, R Q ^a   Zhou, B ^a   Brunvand, M W ^b   Lewis, D B ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; IL 4; Interleukin 2; Octamer; T cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HCFC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; POU2F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POU2F2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035755062     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363811     Document Type: Article

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