Controlled gene expression in mammalian cells via a regulatory cascade involving the tetracycline transactivator and lac repressor

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Aubrecht, Jiri ^a   Manivasakam, P ^a   Schiestl, Robert H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON;

EID: 0029980179     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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