X box-like sequences in the MHC class II region maintain regulatory function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1030-1040

  Gomez, Jörge A ^a   Majumder, Parimal ^a   Nagarajan, Uma M ^a,b   Boss, Jeremy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H3; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYSINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAJI CELL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 23244443615     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.2.1030     Document Type: Article

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