Modular utilization of distal cis-regulatory elements controls Ifng gene expression in T cells activated by distinct stimuli

Immunity

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-47

  Balasubramani, Anand ^a,b   Shibata, Yoichiro ^c   Crawford, Gregory E ^c   Baldwin, Albert S ^d   Hatton, Robin D ^a   Weaver, Casey T ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellimmuno; Molimmuno; Sysbio

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; STAT4 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NF-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77954903767     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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