title: Reporter constructs with low background activity utilizing the cat gene.
abstract: Reporter plasmids utilizing the cat gene for the analysis of promoter and enhancer sequences in vertebrate cells, were constructed. These plasmids minimize the background of transcription derived from cryptic promoters or cryptic regulatory elements within the vector.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boshart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klüppel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luckow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase