The pre-TCR signal induces transcriptional silencing of the TCRγ locus by reducing the recruitment of STAT5 and Runx to transcriptional enhancers

International Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 553-563

  Tani ichi, Shizue ^a   Satake, Masanobu ^b   Ikuta, Koichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin; IL 7; Transcription factor; V(D)J recombination; T cell

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7; STAT5 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 80051893666     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxr055     Document Type: Article

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