Mutation in a winged-helix DNA-binding motif causes atypical bare lymphocyte syndrome

Nature Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1075-1081

  Nekrep, Nada ^a,b   Jabrane Ferrat, Nabila ^a   Wolf, Hermann M ^c   Eibi, Martha M ^c   Geyer, Matthias ^d   Peterlin, B Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Immunology Outpatient Clinic   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATORY FACTOR X5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BINDING SITES; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036852197     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni840     Document Type: Article

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