Hair-Specific Expression of Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase in Transgenic Mice Under the Control of an Ultra-High-Sulfur Keratin Promoter

    September 1990 in “ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ”
    Alistair R. McNab, Paula K. Andrus, Thomas E. Wagner … Gabriel Vögeli
    Studysummary This study found that a 671-base pair promoter sequence from the ultra-high-sulfur keratin gene is sufficient to direct tissue-specific and development-specific expression of a reporter gene during hair growth in transgenic mice.
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