Analysis of possible silencer elements of ovine interferon-τ gene

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Yamaguchi, Hirohito ^a   Katsumura, Momoko ^a   Imakawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Sakai, Senkiti ^a   Christenson, Ronald K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IFN ; JEG3; Ovine; Pregnancy; Silencer; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TAU INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SHEEP; SILENCER GENE;

EID: 0034118462     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.137     Document Type: Article

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