Differential regulation of human interferon A gene expression by interferon regulatory factors 3 and 7

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3435-3450

  Génin, Pierre ^a   Lin, Rongtuan ^b   Hiscott, John ^b   Civas, Ahmet ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DNA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-7; INTERFERON TYPE I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SENDAI VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 67649185871     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01805-08     Document Type: Article

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