An RNAi screen for Aire cofactors reveals a role for Hnrnpl in polymerase release and Aire-activated ectopic transcription

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1491-1496

  Giraud, Matthieu ^a,b   Jmari, Nada ^b   Du, Lina ^a   Carallis, Floriane ^b   Nieland, Thomas J F ^c   Perez Campo, Flor M ^d   Bensaude, Olivier ^e   Root, David E ^c   Hacohen, Nir ^c   Mathis, Diane ^a   Benoist, Christophe ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; HnRNP; Negative selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; FLAVOPIRIDOL; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN HNRNPL; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE; HNRNPL GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HNRNP; NEGATIVE SELECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893370802     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323535111     Document Type: Article

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