Transcription elongation factor ELL2 directs immunoglobulin secretion in plasma cells by stimulating altered RNA processing

Nature Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1102-1109

  Martincic, Kathleen ^a   Alkan, Serkan A ^a   Cheatle, Alys ^a   Borghesi, Lisa ^a   Milcarek, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR; CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR 64; ELEVEN NINETEEN LYSINE RICH LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 2; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN F; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; METHIONINE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMA CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70349456510     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1786     Document Type: Article

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