Tetracycline-Regulated expression implemented through transcriptional activation combined with proximal and distal repression

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 156-162

  Peacock, Ryan W S ^a   Sullivan, Kathryn A ^a   Wang, Clifford L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible gene expression; KRAB repressor; Tetracycline repressor; Tetracycline responsive transcriptional transactivator

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HOMODIMER; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DIMERIZATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863799142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb200029a     Document Type: Article

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