Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor transcriptional regulation: A fascinating dance of multiple promoters

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Cichocki, Frank ^a   Miller, Jeffrey S ^a   Anderson, Stephen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Killer immunoglobulin like receptor; Natural killer cell; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PIWI PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; INTRON; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, KIR; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79955093924     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323929     Document Type: Review

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