Spatial and temporal activity of the αB-crystallin/small heat shock protein gene promoter in transgenic mice

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-88

  Haynes II, John I ^a   Duncan, Melinda K ^a   Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Development; Heat Shock; Promoter; Transgenic Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LENS; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CRYSTALLINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029781314     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199609)207:1<75::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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