Lentiviral and Moloney retroviral expression of green fluorescent protein in somatotrophs in vivo.

Previous studies have shown that the locus control region (LCR) and the promoter of the growth hormone (GH) gene can control the expression of GH. Therefore, lenti- and retro-viral vectors with these elements might be useful to monitor the activation of the GH gene and the development of newborn som...

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Main Authors: Masayoshi Okada, Hiroko Matsuda, Yasuhiko Okimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3546981?pdf=render