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AIRE activated tissue specific genes have histone modifications associated with inactive chromatin
The Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) protein is expressed in thymic medullary epithelial cells, where it promotes the ectopic expression of tissue-restricted antigens needed for efficient negative selection of developing thymocytes. Mutations in AIRE cause APECED syndrome, which is characterized by a bre...
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744957 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddp433 |