Regulation of cytokine transcription in the context of chromatin

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Nikolajczyk, Barbara ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Cytokine transcription; Haplotypes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CHROMATIN; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33750314677     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-006-0037-8     Document Type: Review

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