Genome-wide CIITA-binding profile identifies sequence preferences that dictate function versus recruitment

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3128-3142

  Scharer, Christopher D ^a   Choi, Nancy M ^a,b   Barwick, Benjamin G ^a   Majumder, Parimal ^a   Lohsen, Sarah ^a   Boss, Jeremy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; CLASS II TRANSACTIVATOR; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; MHC CLASS II TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CIITA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAJI CELL LINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DEFICIENCY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84942156268     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv182     Document Type: Article

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