Conserved intergenic elements and DNA methylation cooperate to regulate transcription at the il17 locus

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 25049-25059

  Thomas, Rajan M ^a   Sai, Hong ^a   Wells, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINES; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMIC REGIONS; HISTONE H3; IMMUNE FUNCTION; NON-CODING SEQUENCES; T CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; GENES; METHYLATION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 6; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IL17 GENE; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC LOCI; HISTONES; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH17 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

MURINAE;

EID: 84864089089     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.351916     Document Type: Article

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