Variegated expression from the murine band 3 (AE1) promoter in transgenic mice is associated with mRNA transcript initiation at upstream start sites and can be suppressed by the addition of the chicken β-globin 5′ HS4 insulator element

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 4753-4763

  Frazar, Tiffany F ^a,e   Weisbein, Jessica L ^a,f   Anderson, Stacie M ^a   Cline, Amanda P ^a   Garrett, Lisa J ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^b   Gallagher, Patrick G ^c   Bodine, David M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GMBB   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGER PROTEIN 1; ANKYRIN; BETA GLOBIN; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; GAMMA GLOBIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE; BETA-GLOBULINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038451470     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.14.4753-4763.2003     Document Type: Article

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