The transcriptional regulator Aire binds to and activates super-enhancers

Nature Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 263-273

  Bansal, Kushagra ^a   Yoshida, Hideyuki ^a   Benoist, Christophe ^a   Mathis, Diane ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85010952362     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3675     Document Type: Article

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