Expression from a bacterial artificial chromosome containing the Dct gene locus

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-215

  Murisier, Fabien ^a,b   Aydin, Iraz T ^a   Guichard, Sabrina ^a,c   Brunschwiler, Sandra ^a   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Centre de Procreation Medicalement Assistee et d'Endocrinologie Gynecologique Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BAC; Dopachrome tautomerase; Melanoblast; Melanocyte; Pigment; RPE; Transgenic; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DCT ENZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42249113693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00449.x     Document Type: Letter

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