Cutting edge: Distal regulatory elements are required to achieve selective expression of IFN-γ in Th1/Tc1 effector cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6664-6667

  Soutto, Mohammed ^a   Zhou, Weisong ^a   Aune, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037114123     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.12.6664     Document Type: Article

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