T-bet and GATA3 orchestrate Th1 and Th2 differentiation through lineage-specific targeting of distal regulatory elements

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kanhere, Aditi ^a,c   Hertweck, Arnulf ^b   Bhatia, Urvashi ^b   Gökmen, M Refik ^b   Perucha, Esperanza ^b   Jackson, Ian ^b   Lord, Graham M ^b   Jenner, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EFFECTOR CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

MURINAE;

EID: 84871783406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2260     Document Type: Article

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