Identifying the combination of the transcriptional regulatory sequences on prostate specific antigen and human glandular kallikrein genes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2029-2034

  Tsui, Ke Hung ^a   Wu, Lily ^b   Chang, Phei Lang ^a   Hsieh, Ming Li ^a   Juang, Horng Heng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Kallikrein; Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; KALLIKREIN; LUCIFERASE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLK2 GENE; METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSA GENE; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 5444254496     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000141147.96640.76     Document Type: Article

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