A potent far-upstream enhancer in the mouse proα2(I) collagen gene regulates expression of reporter genes in transgenic mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1333-1344

  Bou Gharios, George ^a,b   Garrett, Lee Ann ^a   Rossert, Jerome ^a,d   Niederreither, Karen ^a,e   Eberspaecher, Heidi ^a   Smith, Chad ^a   Black, Carol ^b   De Crombrugghe, Benoit ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DERMIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FASCIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029781870     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.5.1333     Document Type: Article

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