Comparison of the activity of carp and rat β-actin gene regulatory sequences in tilapia and rainbow trout embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Alam, M Samsul ^a   Lavender, F Louise ^a   Iyengar, Arati ^a   Rahman, M Azizur ^a   Ayad, Hala H ^a   Lathe, Richard ^b   Morley, Steven D ^b   Maclean, Norman ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; lacZ; Transgene expression; Transgenic fish; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARPS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REGULATOR; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PREGNANCY; RATS; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0029850281     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199610)45:2<117::AID-MRD2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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