Deletional and mutational analyses of the human CD4 gene promoter: Characterization of a minimal tissue-specific promoter

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1442, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Zhao Emonet, Jing Chao ^a   Boyer, Olivier ^a   Cohen, José L ^a   Klatzmann, David ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

CD4; Gene regulation; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TATA BOX; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HELA CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032497811     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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