Localization of two conserved cis-acting enhancer regions for the filensin gene promoter that direct lens-specific expression

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-305

  Masaki, Shigeo ^a   Yonezawa, Satoshi ^a   Quinlan, Roy A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cytoskeletal protein; Gene expression; Intermediate filament; Lens development; Lens protein

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FILENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA VECTOR; EMBRYO CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0036399238     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)92016-6     Document Type: Article

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