AP-1 family transcription factor that controls the differentiation of CD8+ thymic conventional dendritic cells in the immune syst. Acts via the formation of a heterodimer with JUN family proteins that recognizes and binds DNA sequence 5'-TGA[CG]TCA-3' and regulates expression of target genes. Required for development of CD8-alpha+ classical dendritic cells (cDCs) and related CD103+ dendritic cells that cross-present antigens to CD8 T-cells and produce interleukin-12 (IL12) in response to pathogens .
Isolation of an AP-1 repressor by a novel method for detecting protein-protein interactions.Aronheim A., Zandi E., Hennemann H., Elledge S.J., Karin M.Mol. Cell. Biol. 17:3094-3102(1997)
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