0.2 kb promoter sequence of the murine Cyp19 gene target β-galactosidase expression to specific brain areas of transgenic mice

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Nausch, Norman ^b   Manteuffel, Gerhard ^a   Vanselow, Jens ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatase cytochrome P450; EC 1.14.14.1; Estrogen; Gene transfer; lacZ

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ESTROGEN; AROMATASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19 GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACZ GENE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33846425002     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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