Insertion of a Pax6 consensus binding site into the αA-crystallin promoter acts as a lens epithelial cell enhancer in transgenic mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1930-1939

  Zhao, Haotian ^a,b   Yang, Ying ^a   Rizo, Christian M ^a   Overbeek, Paul A ^c   Robinson, Michael L ^a,b,d  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRASES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 3042570454     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0856     Document Type: Article

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