Position effect variegations and brain-specific silencing in transgenic mice overexpressing human acetylcholinesterase variants

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Sternfeld, Meira ^b   Patrick, James D ^a   Soreq, Hermona ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ENZYME VARIANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POSITION; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032105403     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80028-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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