Cutting edge: Fine-tuning of Thpok gene activation by an enhancer in close proximity to its own silencer

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1397-1401

  Muroi, Sawako ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Miyamoto, Chizuko ^a   Taniuchi, Ichiro ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER GENE; THPOK GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84873549730     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203006     Document Type: Article

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