Effects of aging on DNA-binding activity of the E47 transcription factor in splenic B cells

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-112

  Frasca, Daniela ^a   Nguyen, Diep ^a   Riley, Richard L ^a   Blomberg, Bonnie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; E47 transcription factor; Splenic B cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLEEN CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842281257     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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