Regulation of the transcriptional program by DNA methylation during human αβ T-cell development

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 760-774

  Rodriguez, Ramon M ^a   Suarez Alvarez, Beatriz ^b   Mosen Ansorena, David ^c   Garciá Peydró, Marina ^b   Fuentes, Patricia ^b   Garciá León, Mariá J ^b   Gonzalez Lahera, Aintzane ^c   MacIas Camara, Nuria ^c   Toribio, Mariá L ^b   Aransay, Ana M ^c   Lopez Larrea, Carlos ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Section of Nephrology   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84941116983     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1340     Document Type: Article

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