The 5' flanking region of the monogamous prairie vole oxytocin receptor gene directs tissue-specific expression in transgenic mice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 807, Issue , 1997, Pages 514-517

  Young, L J ^a   Waymire, K G ^a   Nilsen, R ^a   Macgregor, G R ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Insel, T R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLE;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030942420     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51955.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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