Application of ChIP-Seq and Related Techniques to the Study of Immune Function

Immunity

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 830-842

  Northrup, Daniel L ^a   Zhao, Keji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79959360046     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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