Expression of the mouse gap junction gene Gjb3 is regulated by distinct mechanisms in embryonic stem cells and keratinocytes

Genomics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-30

  Plum, Achim ^a,b   Hallas, Gabi ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a Institut Fr Genetik   (Germany)

^b Ingenium Pharmaceuticals AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell type specific transcriptional regulation; Enhancer; Gap junction; Gene structure of mouse connexin31; Gjb3; Intron dependent expression; Proximal promoter

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 31; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; EXON; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035703932     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2001.6671     Document Type: Article

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