Functional characterization of the human RPGR proximal promoter

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3951-3958

  Shu, Xinhua ^a,b   Simpson, Julie R ^b   Hart, Alan W ^b   Zeng, Zhihong ^c   Patnaik, Sarita Rani ^a   Gautier, Philippe ^b   Murdoch, Emma ^b   Tulloch, Brian ^b   Wright, Alan F ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; EYE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RPGR PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CHARACTERIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RPGR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85047687486     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8811     Document Type: Article

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