Transcriptional Regulation and Expression of the Dominant Drusen Gene FBLN3 (EFEMP1) in Mammalian Retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4613-4621

  Blackburn, James ^a   Tarttelin, Emma E ^a   Gregory Evans, Cheryl Y ^a   Moosajee, Mariya ^a   Gregory Evans, Kevin ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; ESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN ARPE 19; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DRUSEN; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FBLN3 GENE; FETUS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; ESTRADIOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142231965     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0112     Document Type: Article

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