Transgene regulation by the tetracycline-controlled transactivation system

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 576-580

  Kitamura, Masanori ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Gene transfer; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CLONING VECTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031741206     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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