Lineage-specific transition of histone signatures in the killer cell Ig-like receptor locus from hemopoietic progenitor to NK cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 418-425

  Santourlidis, Simeon ^a   Graffmann, Nina ^a   Christ, Julia ^a   Uhrberg, Markus ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCOCCUS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 40449117475     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.1.418     Document Type: Article

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