Homogeneity and long-term stability of tetracycline-regulated gene expression with low basal activity by using the rtTA2S-M2 transactivator and insulator-flanked reporter vectors

Gene

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-73

  Qu, Zhican ^a   Thottassery, Jaideep V ^a   Van Ginkel, Sabrina ^a   Manuvakhova, Marina ^a   Westbrook, Louise ^a   Roland Lazenby, Carrie ^a   Hays, Susan ^a   Kern, Francis G ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulator core elements; Synthetic tet transactivators; Tet off; Tet on

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0442307865     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.10.029     Document Type: Article

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