The first intron of the myelin proteolipid protein gene confers cell type-specific expression by a transcriptional repression mechanism in non-expressing cell types

Gene

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Wight, Patricia A ^a   Dobretsova, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Intron sequence; Neural gene; Oligodendrocyte; Silencer element; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; INTRON; LIVER CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030817791     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00435-6     Document Type: Article

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