A Placenta-Specific Enhancer of the Human Syncytin Gene1
Open Access
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 73 (3) , 500-509
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.105.039941
Abstract
The cis- and trans-acting factors that are critical for placenta-specific expression of the human syncytin gene are unknown. We identified a 146-baseKeywords
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