DNA double-strand breaks relieve USF-mediated repression of Dβ2 germline transcription in developing thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2266-2275

  Stone, Jennifer L ^a   McMillan, Ruth E ^a   Skaar, David A ^b   Bradshaw, Justin M ^a   Jirtle, Randy L ^b   Sikes, Michael L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DJBETA1 GENE; DJBETA2 GENE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; E BOX ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TCRB GENE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COBALT; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTORS;

EID: 84857498792     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002931     Document Type: Article

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