A gene-targeting approach identifies a function for the first intron in expression of the α1(I) collagen gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3368-3375

  Hormuzdi, Sheriar G ^a   Penttinen, Risto ^a,d   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^b   Bornstein, Paul ^a,c  

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

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; INTRON; LUNG; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031867067     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.6.3368     Document Type: Article

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