Regulation of the tissue-specific expression of transferrin gene

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 222-226

  Zakin, Mario M ^a   Baron, Bruno ^a   Guillou, Florian ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Tissue specificity; Transcription factors; Transfection; Transferrin; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036970281     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065690     Document Type: Article

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