TALE activators regulate gene expression in a position- and strand-dependent manner in mammalian cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 443, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1189-1194

  Uhde Stone, Claudia ^a   Cheung, Edna ^b   Lu, Biao ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b System Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual reporter; Genome editing; TAL Effector; TALE; Transcription activator like effector

Indexed keywords

DUAL REPORTER; GENOME EDITING; TAL EFFECTOR; TALE; TRANSCRIPTION-ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84893772442     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.12.111     Document Type: Article

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