title: B cell differentiation: role of E2A and Pax5/BSAP transcription factors.
abstract: Transcriptional regulation of lineage specific genes has the ability to dictate both the proliferative and differentiative potentials of a pluipotent precursor cell. The E2A and Pax5/BSAP genes encode transcription factors which bind to B cell specific promoters and enhancers and guide the development of immature, but committed cells into mature B lymphocytes which express and secrete immunoglobulins. In vitro analysis has consistently suggested that these proteins regulate distinct classes of genes during B cell differentiation; however, recent targeted gene disruption and transgene expression in mice has indicated that these genes may actually be components of a single regulatory mechanism which is essential for both B lymphocyte differentiation and proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D005812:Genes, Switch; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051757:PAX5 Transcription Factor; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051820:TCF Transcription Factors; D058125:Transcription Factor 7-Like 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051757:PAX5 Transcription Factor; C497282:Pax5 protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051820:TCF Transcription Factors; C544913:Tcf7l1 protein, mouse; D058125:Transcription Factor 7-Like 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors