The mechanism of tissue-restricted antigen gene expression by AIRE

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2479-2482

  Zumer, Kristinǎ ^a   Saksela, Kalle ^a   Peterlin, B Matija ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 9; DNA; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MUCIN 6; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR GENE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA BINDING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874848684     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203210     Document Type: Review

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