Transgenic mice expressing a human apolipoprotein[a] allele

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 994-1006

  Acquati, Francesco ^a,b,d,f,g,h   Hammer, Robert ^b,c,d,f,g,h   Ercoli, Barbara ^a,b,d,f,g,h   Mooser, Vincent ^{b,c,d,f,g,h,i}   Ruixan, Tao ^b,c,d,f,g,h   Rönicke, Volker ^a,b,d,f,g,h   Michalich, Alessandra ^b,d,e,f,g,h   Chiesa, Giulia ^b,d,f,g,h   Taramelli, Roberto ^a,b,e,f,g,h   Hobbs, Helen H ^b,d,f,g,h   Müller, Hans Joachim ^{a,b,d,f,g,h,j}  

^a Department of Molecular Biology ^*  (Italy)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Depts of Biochem and Molec Genet   (United States)

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

^e Istituti Clinici Perfezionamento   (Italy)

^f SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h University of Varese   (Italy)

ⁱ VM Department of Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^j ROCHE INNOVATION CENTER MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Yeast artificial chromosomes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; CASTRATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DIETARY FATS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032993299     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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