The 3'-UT of the ubiquitous mRNA of human CD46 confers selective suppression of protein production in murine cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3603-3608

  Shida, Kyoko ^a   Nomura, Midori ^a,b   Matsumoto, Misako ^a,b   Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^a   Toyoshima, Kumao ^a   Seya, Tsukasa ^a,b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Org Pharmaceutical Safety and Res   (Japan)

Author keywords

3' UT silencer; CD46; Testis specific gene regulation; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD46; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); LUCIFERASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032703477     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199911)29:11<3603::AID-IMMU3603>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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