The lacZ gene under the control of the 7 kb of human dystrophin muscle specific promoter is expressed in cardiac muscle but not in adult skeletal muscle in transgenic mice

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-250

  Ogawa, Masakatsu ^a   Kaname, Tadasi ^b   Kimura, Shigemi ^a   Kawasaki, Ikuyo ^a   Nomura, Keiko ^a   Suzuki, Misao ^b   Miike, Teruhisa ^a   Yamamura, Ken Ichi ^a,b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Heart; lacZ; Promoter; Skeletal muscle; transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CELLS, CULTURED; DYSTROPHIN; EMBRYO; GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; INDOLES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOCARDIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0035074922     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(00)00186-3     Document Type: Article

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