Encoding stability versus flexibility: Lessons learned from examining epigenetics in T helper cell differentiation

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 356, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-164

  Oestreich, Kenneth J ^a   Weinmann, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN BCL 6; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CXCR3 GENE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HISTONE METHYLATION; IFNG GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84857771478     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2011_141     Document Type: Article

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