A far downstream enhancer for murine Bcl11b controls its T-cell specific expression

Blood

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 902-911

  Li, Long ^a   Zhang, Jingli A ^a,c   Dose, Marei ^b,d   Kueh, Hao Yuan ^a   Mosadeghi, Ruzbeh ^a   Gounari, Fotini ^b   Rothenberg, Ellen V ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE BCL11B; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REPORTER GENE;

BCL11B PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTONES; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84886909517     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-08-447839     Document Type: Article

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