Distinct transcriptional pathways regulate basal and activated major histocompatibility complex class I expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3377-3391

  Howcroft, T Kevin ^a   Raval, Aparna ^a   Weissman, Jocelyn D ^a   Gegonne, Anne ^a   Singer, Dinah S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CRICETINAE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INSECTS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038303112     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.10.3377-3391.2003     Document Type: Article

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