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Abbreviations
- APC
- antigen presenting cell
- ARF
- adenosine 5'-diphosphate ribosylation factor
- ATP
- adenosine 5'-triphosphate
- b2m
- b2-microglobulin
- BIG1
- Brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein
- Blimp-1
- B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1
- BLS
- Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
- BMT
- bone marrow transplantation
- bp
- base pair(s)
- BSA
- bovine serum albumin
- cAMP
- cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate
- CARD
- caspase recruitment domains
- CB1954
- (5-aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitro-benzamide
- CBP
- CREB binding protein
- CD
- cluster of differentiation
- CD40L
- CD40 ligand
- cDNA
- complementary DNA
- cfu
- colony forming units
- CIITA
- class II transactivator
- CLIP
- class II associated Ii peptide
- CMH-I
- complexe majeur d'hisocompatibilité de classe I
- CMH-II
- complexe majeur d'hisocompatibilité de classe II
- CMV
- cytomegalovirus
- cpm
- counts per minute
- CRE
- cAMP response element
- CREB
- CRE binding protein
- cTECs
- cortical thymic epithelial cells
- CTL
- cytotoxic T lymphocytes
- d4GFP
- GFP with a half-life of 4 hours
- DBD
- DNA binding domain
- DCs
- dendritic cells
- DE
- aspartic acid, glutamic acids
- DMEM
- Dulbecco Modified Eagle's Medium
- DMP
- dimethyl pimelinediimidate
- DMS
- dimethyl sulfate
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- DNaseI
- deoxyribonuclease I
- dNTP
- deoxynucleotide triphosphate
- DRB
- 5,6-dichloro-1-b-ribofuranosyl benzamidazole
- DTT
- DL-dithiothreitol
- EAE
- experimental autoimmune encephalitis
- EBV
- Eppstein Barr virus
- EDTA
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- EF
- elongation factor
- EGTA
- ethylene glycol-bis (b-aminoethyl ether)
- ER
- endoplasmatic reticulum
- ES (cell)
- embryonic stem (cell)
- FACS
- fluoresence-activated cell sorting
- FcR
- receptor for Fc portion of immunoglobulins
- FCS
- fetal calf serum
- FDG
- di-b-D-galactopyranoside
- FITC
- fluorescein isothiocyanate
- GAPDH
- glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GDP
- guanosine 5'-diphosphate
- GFP
- green fluorescent protein
- GM-CSF
- granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor
- GTF
- general transcription factor
- GTP
- guanosine 5'-triphosphate
- H3
- histone 3
- H4
- histone 4
- HAT
- histone acetyltransferase
- HDAC
- histone deacetylase
- HEPES
- N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N'-(2-ethanesulfonic acid)
- HIV
- human immunodeficiency virus
- HLA
- human leucocyte antigen
- HSC
- human stem cell
- IFN
- interferon
- IgG
- immunoglobulin G
- Ii
- invariant chain
- IL
- interleukin
- IRF
- interferon regulatory factor
- ISRE
- interferon-stimulated response element
- JAK
- Janus family of protein tyrosine kinases
- kb
- kilobase
- lacZ
- b-galactosidase
- LIF
- leukemia inhibitory factor
- LM-PCR
- linker-mediated PCR
- LPS
- lipopolysaccharide
- LRR
- leucine rich repeat
- LTR
- long terminal repeat
- mCi
- micro-Curie
- M-CSF
- macrophage colony stimulating factor
- mg
- milligram
- mg
- microgram
- MHC
- major histocompatibility complex
- MHC2TA
- major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator
- MHCI
- major histocompatibility complex class I
- MHCII
- major histocompatibility complex class II
- MIIC
- MHCII compartment
- ml
- milliliter
- ml
- microliter
- MOI
- multiplicity of infection
- mRNA
- messenger RNA
- NES
- nuclear export signal
- NF-Y
- nuclear factor Y
- NK
- natural killer (cell)
- NLS
- nuclear localization signal
- NP-40
- nonidet P-40
- NTR
- nitroreductase
- nu
- nucleotide
- P
- proline
- PALS
- periarterial lymphoid sheath
- PBMC
- peripheral blood mononuclear cell
- PBS
- phosphate buffered saline
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- PE
- phycoerythrin
- PGE
- prostaglandin E
- PGK
- phosphoglycerin kinase
- pI
- CIITA promoter I
- pIII
- CIITA promoter III
- pIV
- CIITA promoter IV
- PIPES
- 1,4-piperazinediethane sulfonic acid
- PKA
- protein kinase A
- PMSF
- phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
- POD
- horseradish peroxidase
- PRDI-BF1
- positive regulatory domain I binding factor-1
- PST
- proline, serine, threonine
- pTEFb
- positive transcription elongation factor b
- PVDF
- poly (vinylidene chloride)
- Q
- glutamine
- RFX
- regulatory factor X
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- RNAi
- RNA interpherence
- RNase
- ribonuclease
- RPA
- RNase protection assay
- rpm
- rotations per minute
- RPMI
- tissue culture medium developed by the Roswell Park Memorial Institute
- rRNA
- ribosomal RNA
- RT-PCR
- reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- SDS
- lauryl sulphate sodium salt
- SDS-PAGE
- SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- SeV
- Sendai virus
- SIN
- self-inactivating / self-inactivation
- siRNA
- small interfering RNA
- SOCS-1
- suppressor of cytokine signaling-1
- STAT
- signal transducer and activator of transcription
- TAF
- TBP-associated factor
- TAP
- transporter associated with antigen processing
- TCR
- T cell receptor
- TE
- Tris-EDTA buffer
- TFII
- transcription factor involved in Pol II transcription
- Tm
- melting temperature
- TNF
- tumor necrosis factor
- Tris
- tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
- tRNA
- transfer RNA
- TSA
- trichostatin A
- TU
- transducing unit
- USF-1
- upstream regulatory factor 1
- UTP
- uridine 5'-triphospate
- VSV
- vesicular stomatitis virus
- WPRE
- woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element
- X-gal
- 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl b-D-galactopyranoside
- X2BP
- X2 binding protein
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