Promoter activity of the long terminal repeats of porcine endogenous retroviruses of the Korean domestic pig

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Ha, Hong Seok ^a   Huh, Jae Won ^a   Kim, Dae Soo ^a   Kang, Dong Woo ^a   Cho, Byung Wook ^a   Kim, Heui Soo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cos7 cells; HCT116 cells; LTR element; PERV; Pig; Promoter; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KOREA; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SUS SCROFA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 35048817886     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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