Function of E-protein dimers expressed in catfish lymphocytes

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1165-1170

  Hikima, Jun ichi ^a,b   Lennard Richard, Mara L ^a,b   Wilson, Melanie R ^c   Miller, Norman W ^c   Warr, Gregory W ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Channel catfish; E2A; HEB; Heterodimer; IGH enhancer

Indexed keywords

DIMER; E PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CATFISHES; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 35548953180     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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