Identification of a positive regulatory element responsible for tissue- specific expression of prostate-specific antigen

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Pang, Shen ^a   Dannull, Jens ^a   Kaboo, Randhir ^a   Xie, Yiming ^a   Tso, Cho Lea ^a   Michel, Kiarash ^a   DeKernion, Jean B ^a   Belldegrun, Arie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; DNA FRAGMENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; REGULATOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031059178     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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