T-cells require post-transcriptional regulation for accurate immune responses

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 1201-1207

  Salerno, Fiamma ^a   Wolkers, Monika C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Post transcriptional regulation; T cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CYTOKINE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84969382153     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150154     Document Type: Review

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