Epigenetic regulation of lymphoid specific gene sets

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-295

  Györy, Ildikó ^a,b   Minarovits, Janos ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coregulation of gene batteries; DNA methylation; EBNA 2; Epigenetic regulation; Epstein Barr virus; Histone modifications; Locus control region; Lymphoid cells; MicroRNA; Nuclear subcompartment switch; Polycomb group of proteins; Regulatory network

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; ENZYMES; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

COREGULATION OF GENE BATTERIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATIONS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; LYMPHOID CELLS; MICRORNA; NUCLEAR SUBCOMPARTMENT SWITCH; POLYCOMB GROUP OF PROTEINS; REGULATORY NETWORK;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE-BINDING PROTEIN; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 24744445405     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o05-020     Document Type: Review

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