Comparative genomics reveals key gain-of-function events in Foxp3 during regulatory T cell evolution

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Andersen, Kristian G ^a,b   Nissen, Jesper K ^a   Betz, Alexander G ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Evolution of immune system; Foxp3; Lineage commitment; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863607623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00113     Document Type: Article

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