A locus control region at -12 kb of the tyrosinase gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6026-6034

  Montoliu, Lluís ^a,b   Umland, Thorsten ^a   Schütz, Günther ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deletion; Homologous recombination; Melanocytes; Position independent expression; Yeast artificial chromosomes

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029858346     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00991.x     Document Type: Article

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