The B-cell identity factor Pax5 regulates distinct transcriptional programmes in early and late B lymphopoiesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3130-3146

  Revilla I Domingo, Roger ^a,b   Bilic, Ivan ^a,c   Vilagos, Bojan ^a   Tagoh, Hiromi ^a   Ebert, Anja ^a   Tamir, Ido M ^a,d   Smeenk, Leonie ^a   Trupke, Johanna ^a   Sommer, Andreas ^a,d   Jaritz, Markus ^a   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Akron Molecules GmbH   (Austria)

^d Campus Science Support Facilities ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

B cell identity; cis regulatory landscape; genomewide Pax5 binding; Pax5 dependent target genes; pro B and mature B cells

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864147148     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.155     Document Type: Article

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