T cell development: Better living through chromatin

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 687-694

  Krangel, Michael S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SATB1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34250738340     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1484     Document Type: Review

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