A composite CMV-IE enhancer/β-actin promoter is ubiquitously expressed in mouse cutaneous epithelium

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 367-369

  Sawicki, Janet A ^a   Morris, Rebecca J ^a   Monks, Bob ^a   Sakai, Katsunaga ^b   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^b  

^a LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMV; Cutaneous epithelium; Promoter; Ubiquitous expression; actin

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032505716     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4175     Document Type: Article

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