Different cis-regulatory DNA elements mediate developmental stage- and tissue-specific expression of the human COL2A1 gene in transgenic mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1291-1300

  Leung, Keith K H ^a   Ng, Ling Jim ^a   Ho, Ken K Y ^a   Tam, Patrick P L ^b   Cheah, Kathryn S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRON; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTRONS; LAC OPERON; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2642634800     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.6.1291     Document Type: Article

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