Severe position effects imposed on a 1 kb mouse whey acidic protein gene promoter are overcome by heterologous matrix attachment regions

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-184

  McKnight, Robert A ^a   Spencer, Mark ^b   Wall, Robert J ^b   Hennighausen, Lothar ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lysozyme gene; Matrix attachment regions; Position effects; Transcription; WAP; Whey acidic protein

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MILK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030008355     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199606)44:2<179::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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