Identification of both general and region-specific embryonic CNS enhancer elements in the nestin promoter

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 509-519

  Lothian, Carina ^a,b   Prakash, Nilima ^a   Lendahl, Urban ^a   Wahlström, Gunilla M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intermediate filament; Nuclear hormone receptor; Stem cell; Thyroid hormone receptor; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033134101     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4417     Document Type: Article

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