Distal regions of the human IFNG locus direct cell type-specific expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1492-1501

  Collins, Patrick L ^b   Chang, Shaojing ^a   Henderson, Melodie ^a   Soutto, Mohammed ^a,b   Davis, Georgia M ^a   McLoed, Allyson G ^a   Townsend, Michael J ^c,d   Glimcher, Laurie H ^c   Mortlock, Douglas P ^b   Aune, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; RNA POLYMERASE II; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; RUNX3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IFNG GENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 3 SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA POLYMERASE II; TH1 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 77956420485     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000124     Document Type: Article

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