Hprt-targeted transgenes provide new insights into smooth muscle-restricted promoter activity

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Touw, Ketrija ^a   Hoggatt, April M ^a   Simon, Gina ^a   Herring, B Paul ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CArG element; Development; Embryos; Myosin light chain kinase; Visceral smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; TELOKIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SM22ALPHA GENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENES;

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EID: 33947302559     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00445.2006     Document Type: Article

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