Regulation of early T cell development by the PHD finger of histone lysine methyltransferase ASH1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-594

  Tanaka, Yujiro ^a   Nakayama, Yasuhiro ^b   Taniguchi, Masaru ^c   Kioussis, Dimitris ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromodomain; Chromatin structure; FTOC; HDAC complex; Histone modification; PHD finger; TCR gene rearrangement; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ASH1 PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOXA9 PROTEIN; PHD FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TCRA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 36549085931     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.159     Document Type: Article

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