Identification of a purine-rich intronic enhancer element in the mouse eosinophil-associated ribonuclease 2 (mEar 2) gene

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-134

  Dyer, Kimberly D ^a,b   Nitto, Takeaki ^a   Moreau, Joanne M ^a   McDevitt, Amanda L ^a   Rosenberg, Helene F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Bldg 10 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL PROTEIN X; PURINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MOUSE; MOUSE EOSINOPHIL ASSOCIATED RIBONUCLEASE 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHYLOGENY; PURINES; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0742272587     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-003-2304-x     Document Type: Article

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