CTCF-independent, but not CTCF-dependent, elements significantly contribute to TCR-α locus control region activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1088-1095

  Gomos Klein, Janette ^a   Harrow, Faith ^a,b   Alarcón, Jemma ^a,c   Ortiz, Benjamin D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTCF GENE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULATOR ELEMENT; INTEGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 34548717752     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.2.1088     Document Type: Article

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