A multiply redundant genetic switch 'locks in' the transcriptional signature of regulatory T cells.

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Published in Nat Immunol on September 09, 2012

Authors

Wenxian Fu1, Ayla Ergun, Ting Lu, Jonathan A Hill, Sokol Haxhinasto, Marlys S Fassett, Roi Gazit, Stanley Adoro, Laurie Glimcher, Susan Chan, Philippe Kastner, Derrick Rossi, James J Collins, Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoist

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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