Noncoding transcription controls downstream promoters to regulate T-cell receptor α recombination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4380-4390

  Abarrategui, Iratxe ^a   Krangel, Michael S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; T cell receptor; Transcriptional interference; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE LOCUS; IN VIVO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 35348927529     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601866     Document Type: Article

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