Defining the molecular blueprint that drives CD8+T cell differentiation in response to infection

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Russ, Brendan E ^a   Denton, Alice E ^b   Hatton, Lauren ^a   Croom, Hayley ^a   Olson, Matthew R ^a   Turner, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxict cells; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Memoryt cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874296434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00371     Document Type: Review

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