Development of an inducible gene expression system for primary murine keratinocytes

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Nagarajan, Priyadharsini ^a   Sinha, Satrajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Keratinocytes; Stable transfection; Tet inducibility

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2;

EID: 36849082034     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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