Development of a unique epigenetic signature during in vivo Th17 differentiation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1537-1548

  Yang, Bi Huei ^a   Floess, Stefan ^a   Hagemann, Stefanie ^b   Deyneko, Igor V ^a   Groebe, Lothar ^a   Pezoldt, Joern ^a   Sparwasser, Tim ^b   Lochner, Matthias ^b   Huehn, Jochen ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84936748694     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv014     Document Type: Article

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