Evidence for distinct CD4 silencer functions at different stages of thymocyte differentiation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1083-1096

  Taniuchi, Ichiro ^a,c   Sunshine, Mary Jean ^a   Festenstein, Richard ^b   Littman, Dan R ^a  

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

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRON; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SILENCER GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036864610     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00735-9     Document Type: Article

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