Functional replacement of the mouse E2A gene with a human HEB cDNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3340-3349

  Zhuang, Yuan ^a   Barndt, Robert J ^a   Pan, Lihua ^a   Kelley, Robert ^a   Dai, Meifang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031867289     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.6.3340     Document Type: Article

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