Functional analysis of the sea urchin-derived arylsulfatase (Ars)-element in mammalian cells

Genes to Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1009-1021

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Sachiko ^a   Sakamoto, Naoaki ^b   Sato, Masahiro ^c,d   Akasaka, Koji ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; ARYLSULFATASES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEA URCHINS; TRANSGENES;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33747594104     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2006.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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