Regulatory T-cell gene expression: ChIP'ing away at Foxp3

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-178

  Sundrud, Mark S ^a   Rao, Anjana ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDOMA; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 34247885976     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.icb.7100051     Document Type: Note

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