Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. II. Kidney-specific activity in transgenic mice

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 4 46-4, 1999, Pages

  Igarashi, Peter ^a,c,f   Shashikant, Cooduvalli S ^b,d   Thomson, R Brent ^a   Whyte, Dilys A ^a,e   Liu Chen, Shuxian ^a   Ruddle, Frank H ^b   Aronson, Peter S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting duct; Epithelial cell differentiation; Gene regulation; Kidney development; Pronuclear microinjection; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032726265     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.4.f599     Document Type: Article

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