Differential expression and regulation of a human transgene, HLA-B27, in mouse placental and embryonic cell lines

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 817-825

  Hunt, Joan S ^a   Banerjee, Snigdha ^a   Pace, Judith L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell lines; HLA class I; Mouse; Placenta; Transgene

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031822957     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.8.817     Document Type: Article

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