A novel in-frame deletion in the leucine zipper domain of C/EBPε leads to neutrophil-specific granule deficiency

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-86

  Wada, Taizo ^a   Akagi, Tadayuki ^a   Muraoka, Masahiro ^a   Toma, Tomoko ^a   Kaji, Kenzo ^b   Agematsu, Kazunaga ^c   Koeffler, H Phillip ^d,e   Yokota, Takashi ^a   Yachie, Akihiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Komatsu Citizens Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN EPSILON; DNA; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CEBPE PROTEIN, HUMAN; GATA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LACTOFERRIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PRG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN SPI-1; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER MOTIF; BIOCHEMISTRY; C EBPEPSILON GENE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL GRANULE; NEUTROPHIL SPECIFIC GRANULE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CELL GRANULE; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EOSINOPHIL MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; FEMALE; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84932158777     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402222     Document Type: Article

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