An Improved CAT Assay for Promoter Analysis in Either Transgenic Mice or Tissue Culture Cells

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 83-90

  Pothier, François ^a   Ouellet, Mariette ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^b   Guérin, Sylvain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSFECTION; TROMETHAMINE;

EID: 0026731024     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1992.11.83     Document Type: Article

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