Mast cell transcriptional networks

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-90

  Takemoto, Clifford M ^a   Lee, Youl Nam ^a   Jegga, Anil G ^b   Zablocki, Daniella ^c   Brandal, Stephanie ^a   Shahlaee, Amir ^d   Huang, Suming ^d   Ye, Ying ^a   Gowrisankar, Sivakumar ^b   Huynh, Jimmy ^a   McDevitt, Michael A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA; Mast cells; Mitf; PU.1; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAST CELL; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; MASTOCYTOMA; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANIMALS; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44449172898     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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