Chromosomal sequences flanking an efficiently expressed transgene dramatically enhance its expression

Gene

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 217-225

  Cranston, Anona ^a   Dong, Chen ^a   Howcroft, Jill ^b   Clark, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PPL Therapeutics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flanking sequences; Integration site; Mice; Position effects

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035897617     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00459-0     Document Type: Article

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