Distal regulatory elements play an important role in regulation of the human IL-5 gene

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3633-3643

  Urwin, Debra L ^a,b   Schwenger, Gretchen T F ^a   Groth, David M ^a   Sanderson, Colin J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Human IL 5 gene; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 5; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENHANCER REGION; EOSINOPHIL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 10944264217     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425279     Document Type: Article

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