Regulation of endogenous human gene expression by ligand-inducible TALE transcription factors

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 723-730

  Mercer, Andrew C ^a   Gaj, Thomas ^a   Sirk, Shannon J ^a   Lamb, Brian M ^a   Barbas, Carlos F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Inducible gene expression; Steroid hormone receptor; TALE; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84908075475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400114p     Document Type: Article

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