The BTB-ZF transcription factors

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3358-3369

  Siggs, Owen M ^a,b   Beutler, Bruce ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BTB; Hematopoiesis; Lymphoma; Lymphopoiesis; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BTB ZF PROTEIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; EBF1 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP C PROTEIN; FAZF PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYPERMETHYLATED IN CANCER 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA RELATED FACTOR PROTEIN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COREPRESSOR; PLZF PROTEIN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SILENCING MEDIATOR OF RETINOID AND THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; STAT6 PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZBTB46 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DROSOPHILA; FANCONI ANEMIA; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HELPER CELL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POXVIRUS; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866753205     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.21277     Document Type: Review

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