Analysis of FOXP3 reveals multiple domains required for its function as a transcriptional repressor

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3133-3142

  Lopes, Jared E ^a,b   Torgerson, Troy R ^b,c   Schubert, Lisa A ^a,d   Anover, Stephanie D ^b,c   Ocheltree, Elizabeth L ^b,c   Ochs, Hans D ^b,c   Ziegler, Steven F ^a,b  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Analytical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMODIMER; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IPEX SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 33747762947     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.3133     Document Type: Article

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