Fine tuning the LightOn light-switchable transgene expression system

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 440, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-423

  Ma, Zhengcai ^a   Du, Zengmin ^a   Chen, Xianjun ^a   Wang, Xue ^a   Yang, Yi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Background expression; Gene expression; Induction efficiency; Light

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAVPO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT; LIGHTON LIGHT SWITCHABLE TRANSGENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE;

BACKGROUND EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUCTION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MCF-7 CELLS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84888134041     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.09.092     Document Type: Article

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