Long-range intrachromosomal interactions in the T helper type 2 cytokine locus

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1017-1027

  Spilianakis, Charalampos G ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GATA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STAT6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; HELPER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATOR GENE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOKINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 5444237577     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1115     Document Type: Article

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