A genome-wide regulatory network identifies key transcription factors for memory CD8 + T-cell development

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hu, Guangan ^a   Chen, Jianzhu ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENOME; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOGS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SOXC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84890638806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3830     Document Type: Article

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