Temporal and spatial changes of histone 3 K4 dimethylation at the IFN-γ gene during Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 6410-6415

  Hamalainen Laanaya, Heli K ^a   Kobie, James J ^a   Chang, Chawnshang ^b   Zeng, Wei Ping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; HISTONE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE CONTROL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RETROVIRUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTONES; INTERFERON TYPE II; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449087549     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6410     Document Type: Article

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