Regulation of the Tyrosinase Promoter in Transgenic Mice: Expression of a Tyrosinase-lacZ Fusion Gene in Embryonic and Adult Brain

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-157

  Tief, Kirsten ^a   Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Mouse; Promoter; Transgenic mice; Tyrosinase; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FETOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031158281     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00477.x     Document Type: Review

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