Comparison of bidirectional and bicistronic inducible systems for coexpression of connexin genes and fluorescent reporters

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 431, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Wan, Carthur K ^a   Shaikh, Shamim B ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Connexin; Expression systems; Reporter gene; Tetracycline inducible

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

BI-DIRECTIONAL EXPRESSION; CONNEXIN; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION STUDIES; INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; REPORTER GENE; REPORTER-GENE EXPRESSION; TETRACYCLINE INDUCIBLE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84867591109     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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