General utility of the chicken βB1-crystallin promoter to drive protein expression in lens fiber cells of transgenic mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-410

  Taube, Jennifer R ^a,d   Gao, Chun Y ^b,d   Ueda, Yoji ^c,d   Zelenka, Peggy S ^b,d   David, Larry L ^c,d   Duncan, Melinda K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYER YAKUHIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

B1 crystallin; Cataract; Eye; Gene expression; Lens; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CHICKENS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0036702485     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016364001095     Document Type: Article

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