Regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II genes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Choi, Nancy M ^a   Majumder, Parimal ^a   Boss, Jeremy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS II TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; COHESIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE ADA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING DOMAIN AND LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 5; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN RFX; PROTEIN RFX B; PROTEIN RFX5; PROTEIN RFXANK; PROTEIN RFXAP; PROTEIN SUG1; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 79951672726     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.09.007     Document Type: Review

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