The utrophin promoter A drives high expression of the transgenic LacZ gene in liver, testis, colon, submandibular gland, and small intestine

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Takahashi, Joji ^a,b   Itoh, Yuka ^a   Fujimori, Keita ^c   Imamura, Michihiro ^a   Wakayama, Yoshihiro ^b   Miyagoe Suzuki, Yuko ^a   Takeda, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Promoter; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DYSTROPHIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PYRANOSIDE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; STAINING; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DYSTROPHIN; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENOTYPE; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TESTIS; TRANSGENES; UTROPHIN;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 14844320465     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.651     Document Type: Article

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