CCCTC-Binding Factor and the Transcription Factor T-bet Orchestrate T Helper 1 Cell-Specific Structure and Function at the Interferon-γ Locus

Immunity

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-564

  Sekimata, Masayuki ^a   Pérez Melgosa, Mercedes ^a   Miller, Sara A ^a   Weinmann, Amy S ^a   Sabo, Peter J ^a   Sandstrom, Richard ^a   Dorschner, Michael O ^a   Stamatoyannopoulos, John A ^a   Wilson, Christopher B ^a  

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

Author keywords

MOLIMMUNO

Indexed keywords

CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; COHESIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 26; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 70349756895     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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