Analysis of the flanking regions of the human α-lactalbumin gene responsible for position-effect independent expression

Gene

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^a,d   Takahashi, Ri Ichi ^b   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^b   Ueda, Masatsugu ^b   Muramatsu, Tatsuo ^c   Yamanaka, Harumichi ^a   Sekikawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b YS New Technology Institute Inc   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Locus control region; Mammary gland; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037434631     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01214-3     Document Type: Article

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