Promoter analysis of RPE65, the gene encoding a 61-kDa retinal pigment epithelium-specific protein

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 637-644

  Nicoletti, Aileen ^a   Kawase, Kazuhide ^a   Thompson, Debra A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031911184     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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