LCR-dependent gene expression in β-globin YAC transgenics: Detailed structural studies validate functional analysis even in the presence of fragmented YACs

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2079-2088

  Peterson, Kenneth R ^a,b,c   Navas, Patrick A ^a   Li, Qiliang ^a   Stamatoyannopoulos, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GLOBINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031788639     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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