Gene Expression Profiling Identifies HOXB4 as a Direct Downstream Target of GATA-2 in Human CD34+ Hematopoietic Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Fujiwara, Tohru ^a   Yokoyama, Hisayuki ^a,b   Okitsu, Yoko ^a   Kamata, Mayumi ^a   Fukuhara, Noriko ^a   Onishi, Yasushi ^a   Fujimaki, Shinichi ^a   Takahashi, Shinichiro ^c   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^a   Bresnick, Emery H ^d   Harigae, Hideo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DNA; HOX PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GATA2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOXB4 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTIGENS, CD34; BASE SEQUENCE; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84866715156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040959     Document Type: Article

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