Regulation of human erythropoietin gene induction by upstream flanking sequences in transgenic mice

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 960-968

  Kochling J ^a,c   Curtin, P T ^a   Madan, A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HIF 1 binding motif; Human erythropoietin; Hypoxic induction; Kidney specific gene expression; Regulatory upstream sequences

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; HYPOXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 2542507564     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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