Tyrosinase-related protein 2 promoter targets transgene expression to ocular and neural crest-derived tissues

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-163

  Zhao, Shulei ^a   Overbeek, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocytes; Neural crest cells; Neural retina; Patch mutation; RPE; Transgenic mice; TRP2 promoter

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032733374     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9480     Document Type: Article

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