Selective, stable demethylation of the interleukin-2 gene enhances transcription by an active process

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Bruniquel, Denis ^a   Schwartz, Ronald H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA METHYLATION; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037340215     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni887     Document Type: Article

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