Epigenetic analysis of promiscuous gene expression in central tolerance

The autoimmune regulator (AIRE), a key player in negative selection of developing thymocytes, acts as a transcriptional regulator, inducing the expression of tissue restricted antigens (TRA) within medullary thymic epithelial cells in a process known as promiscuous gene expression (PGE). Here we dem...

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Main Author: Heath, Jennifer Noelle
Published: University of Birmingham 2010
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512400