The chicken lysozyme 5′ matrix attachment region increases transcription from a heterologous promoter in heterologous cells and dampens position effects on the expression of transfected genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 2302-2307

  Phi Van, Loc ^a,c   Von Kries, Jens P ^a   Ostertag, Wolfram ^b   Strätling, Wolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Heinrich Peite Inst EVI ^*  (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; ANIMALIA;

LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0025272208     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.5.2302     Document Type: Article

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