Prediction of gene expression levels and the role of cis-acting elements in age-related cataract by applying a promoter-based modeling approach

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1032-1037

  Lim, Jung Min ^a   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RNA;

CATARACT; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR REGULATIONS; LENS OPACITY;

GENES;

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATARACT; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENS; PATHOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

5' FLANKING REGION; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; CATARACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBULIN;

EID: 23244462560     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp050027s     Document Type: Article

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