Alternatively used promoters and distinct elements direct tissue-specific expression of nephrin

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 352-358

  Beltcheva, Olga ^a   Kontusaari, Sirpa ^b   Fetissov, Sergueï ^a   Putaala, Heli ^a   Kilpeläinen, Pekka ^a   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a   Tryggvason, Karl ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPHRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037306283     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000043081.65110.C4     Document Type: Article

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