Epigenetic events during B lymphocyte development

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 462-468

  Parra, Maribel ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte development; Chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation; Epigenetic regulation; Hematopoiesis; Histone modifications; Lineage commitment; microRNA; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CD19 ANTIGEN; HISTONE H3; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICRORNA; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 73449105417     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.7.10052     Document Type: Review

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