Transcriptional control of CD4 and CD8 coreceptor expression during T cell development

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4537-4553

  Ellmeier, Wilfried ^a   Haust, Lena ^a   Tschismarov, Roland ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CD4 CD8 lineage decision; Coreceptor gene expression; T cell development; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BCL11B PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CORECEPTOR; HEB PROTEIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MAZR PROTEIN; SATB1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN FUNCTION; CD4 GENE; CD8 GENE; CD8A GENE; CD8B1 GENE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; THYMOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84889881019     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1393-2     Document Type: Review

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