Regulation of IL-4 expression by the transcription factor JunB during T helper cell differentiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 420-432

  Baiyong, Li ^b   Tournier, Cathy ^a   Davis, Roger J ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; JunB; Phosphorylation; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; LUCIFERASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); UP-REGULATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0344196985     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.2.420     Document Type: Article

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