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Parsing the transcription factors governing T cell immunity

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Zhong et al. exploit allelic variations in mice to pinpoint the ‘heavy lifter’ transcription factor families governing the chromatin landscape of resting and activated T cells.

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Fig. 1: Identifying the heavy lifter transcription factors that regulate the chromatin and transcriptional landscape during T cell activation.

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    Timothy M. Johanson & Rhys S. Allan

  2. Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    Timothy M. Johanson & Rhys S. Allan

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