A collagen enhancer-promoter construct in transgenic mice is markedly stimulated by ethanol administration

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 310-315

  Walton, Cherie M ^a   Wu, George Y ^a   Petruff, Carol A ^a   Clark, Stephen H ^a,b   Lichtler, Alexander C ^a   Wu, Catherine H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030065922     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008591857     Document Type: Article

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