lacZ sequences prevent regulated expression of housekeeping genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Cohen Tannoudji, Michel ^a   Vandormael Pournin, Sandrine ^a   Drezen, Jean Michel ^b   Mercier, Pascale ^c   Babinet, Charles ^a   Morello, Dominique ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d Centre de Biologie du Developpement Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; CpG islands; Embryonic stem cells; H 2K gene expression; Methylation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; H-2 ANTIGENS; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033991017     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00226-9     Document Type: Article

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