Transcriptional Regulatory Networks for CD4 T Cell Differentiation

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 381, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-172

  Christie, Darah ^a   Zhu, Jinfang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PROTEIN BCL 6; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TBET PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TFH CELL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84921745933     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: 21969965     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2014_372     Document Type: Article

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