N-myc can functionally replace c-myc in murine development, cellular growth, and differentiation

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1390-1399

  Malynn, Barbara A ^a,b,d   De Alboran, Ignacio Moreno ^b,c   O'Hagan, Rónán C ^d   Bronson, Roderick ^e   Davidson, Laurie ^b   DePinho, Ronald A ^c   Alt, Frederick W ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C myc; Gene replacement; Knock in; Murine development; N myc; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYB; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD3; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; EXONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, MYC; GENOTYPE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SPLEEN; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034213414     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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