Transcriptional enhancers in the regulation of T cell differentiation

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Nguyen, Michelle L T ^a   Jones, Sarah A ^b   Prier, Julia E ^a   Russ, Brendan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Epigenetics; T cell differentiation; Transcription factors; Transcriptional enhancers

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION ENHANCER;

EID: 84946557892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00462     Document Type: Review

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