Let-7 miRNAs target the lineage-specific transcription factor PLZF to regulate terminal NKT cell differentiation and effector function
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Multiple layers of transcriptional regulation by PLZF in NKT-cell development.
The transcription factor PLZF [promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger, encoded by zinc finger BTB domain containing 16 (Zbtb16)] is induced during the development of innate and innate-like lymphocytes to direct their acquisition of a T-helper effector program, but the molecular mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Using biotinylation-based ChIP-seq and microarray analysis of both natural kill...
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