Role of conserved non-coding DNA elements in the Foxp3 gene in regulatory T-cell fate

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7282, 2010, Pages 808-812

  Zheng, Ye ^a,b,c   Josefowicz, Steven ^a,b   Chaudhry, Ashutosh ^a,b   Peng, Xiao P ^b   Forbush, Katherine ^a   Rudensky, Alexander Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CYTOLOGY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HERITABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMINID; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 76749133610     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08750     Document Type: Article

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