Far-upstream elements are dispensable for tissue-specific proenkephalin expression using a Cre-mediated knock-in strategy

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 689-697

  Le, Yunzheng ^a,b,f   Gagneten, Sara ^a,g   Larson, Teresa ^a   Santha, Edit ^c   Dobi, Albert ^c,d   Agoston, Denes v ^c,d   Sauer, Brian ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d USU   (United States)

^e STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre lox; Enkephalin; ES cells; Knock in; Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037315084     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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