Loss of LKLF function results in embryonic lethality in mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-238

  Wani, Maqsood A ^a   Means Jr , Robert T ^b   Lingrel, Jerry B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting, embryonic lethality; LKLF

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BETA GLOBIN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO CULTURE; LETHALITY; LUNG KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MOUSE; ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIESIS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032124757     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008809809843     Document Type: Article

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