Article
Different cis-Regulatory DNA Elements Mediate Developmental Stage- and Tissue-specific Expression of the Human COL2A1 Gene in Transgenic Mice
15 Jun 1998
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the type II collagen gene (human COL2A1, mouse Col2a1) heralds the differentiation of chondrocytes. It is also expressed in progenitor cells of some nonchondrogenic tissues during embryogenesis. DNA sequences in the 5' flanking region and intron 1 are known to control tissue-specific expression in vitro, but the regulation of COL2A1 expression in vivo is not clearly understood. We have tested the...
