CIITA and its dual roles in MHC gene transcription

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Devaiah, Ballachanda N ^a   Singer, Dinah S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CIITA; Enhanceosome; General transcription factors; MHC transcription; NLR CATERPILLER proteins; TAF1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892156965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00476     Document Type: Article

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