The herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase is expressed in the testes of transgenic mice under the control of a cryptic promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 4207-4216

  Al Shawi, Raya ^a,b   Burke, Joanne ^a   Wallace, Helen ^a   Jones, Cheryl ^a   Harrison, Stephen ^b   Buxton, David ^c   Maley, Stephen ^c   Chandley, Ann ^d   Bishop, John O ^a,b,e  

^a Animal Biology Division   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MUS MUSCULUS; ANIMALIA;

THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, STRUCTURAL, VIRAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 0025886840     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.11.8.4207     Document Type: Article

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