Evaluation of the function of the human apolipoprotein B gene nuclear matrix association regions in transgenic mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2117-2124

  Wang, Duen Mei ^a,b,c   Taylor, Stacy ^b   Levy Wilson, Beatriz ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apolipoproteins; atherosclerosis; chromatin structure and in vivo transcription; gene expression in transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR MATRIX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029907801     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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