Regulation of Expression of the α 1 (I) Collagen Gene: A Critical Appraisal of the Role of the First Intron

Matrix Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Bornstein, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS;

COLLAGEN;

CELL CULTURE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029887109     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(96)90121-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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