Activation of the control reporter plasmids pRL-TK and pRL-SV40 by multiple GATA transcription factors can lead to aberrant normalization of transfection efficiency

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ho, Clement K M ^a   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

RENILLA;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 3042609686     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-6750-4-10     Document Type: Article

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