DNA methylation and chromatin structure regulate T cell perforin gene expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5124-5132

  Lu, Qianjin ^a   Wu, Ailing ^a   Ray, Donna ^a   Deng, Chun ^b   Attwood, John ^a   Hanash, Samir ^a   Pipkin, Matthew ^c   Lichtenheld, Mathias ^c   Richardson, Bruce ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PERFORIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

EID: 0037884760     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.10.5124     Document Type: Article

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