Regulation of smooth muscle α-actin expression in vivo is dependent on CArG elements within the 5' and first intron promoter regions

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 852-861

  Mack, Christopher P ^a   Owens, Gary K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Muscle, smooth; Transfection; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033574439     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.7.852     Document Type: Article

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