Activating and inhibitory functions for the histone lysine methyltransferase G9a in T helper cell differentiation and function

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 915-922

  Lehnertz, Bernhard ^a   Northrop, Jeffrey P ^a   Antignano, Frann ^a   Burrows, Kyle ^a   Hadidi, Sima ^a   Mullaly, Sarah C ^a   Rossi, Fabio M V ^a   Zaph, Colby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE G9A; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HELPER CELL; IL 17A GENE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS MURIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE SILENCING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 77952300549     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100363     Document Type: Article

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