Targeted inactivation of Dp71, the major non-muscle product of the DMD gene: Differential activity of the Dp71 promoter during development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Sarig, Rachel ^a   Mezger Lallemand, Valerie ^a   Gitelman, Inna ^b   Davis, Clay ^b   Fuchs, Ora ^a   Yaffe, David ^a   Nudel, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DYSTROPHIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMBRYO; EXON; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTRON; LIMB BUD; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032952705     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.1.1     Document Type: Article

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