High-level regulated expression of the human G6PD gene in transgenic mice

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Corcoran, Colm M ^a   Fraser, Peter ^b   Martini, Giuseppe ^c   Luzzatto, Lucio ^a,d   Mason, Philip J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number dependent; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Housekeeping; mRNA levels; Northern blot; Tissue specific

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030590373     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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