Early growth response genes 2 and 3 regulate the expression of Bcl6 and differentiation of T follicular helper cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 20455-20465

  Ogbe, Ane ^a,b   Miao, Tizong ^b   Symonds, Alistair L J ^b   Omodho, Becky ^a   Singh, Randeep ^a   Bhullar, Punamdip ^a   Li, Suling ^a   Wang, Ping ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; VIRUSES;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B-CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL DEVELOPMENT; GERMINAL CENTERS; HIGH AFFINITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NOVEL FUNCTIONS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CYTOLOGY;

BCL6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; EGR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EGR3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84939840015     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.634816     Document Type: Article

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