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Published on: October 20, 2014
Transcriptional regulation of B-cell differentiation
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0414, USA.
Abstract:
Transcription factors influence B cell differentiation by regulating the expression of numerous lineage-specific genes. Recent studies have identified factors that regulate differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells into B cell progenitors (PU.1 and lkaros), and further differentiation of these progenitors into mature B cells (NF kappa B, E2A, early B cell factor [EBF] and B cell specific activator protein [BSAP]). In addition, these studies demonstrate that complex interactions and redundancies among transcription factors safeguard the precise patterns of gene expression required for normal B cell differentiation.
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Transcription
Transcription is the process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA sequence by RNA polymerase. It is the first step in producing a protein from a gene sequence. Additionally, many other proteins and regulatory sequences are involved in the proper synthesis of messenger RNA (mRNA). Regulation of transcription is responsible for the differentiation of all the different types of cells and often for the proper cellular response to environmental signals.
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