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Promoters, Enhancers, and Inducible Elements for Gene Therapy

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If the field of gene therapy of human diseases is in its infancy, attempts to modulate the expression of transferred genes is an endeavor which is still in gestation. The midwives to the birth of this area are those molecular biologists who are actively involved in the study of the control of gene expression. In particular, the tremendous surge of the last several years in understanding of the promoter elements and the protein factors involved in transcriptional regulation are beginning to find application to problems of gene therapy.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Waisman Center, Room 607 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705-2208, USA

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Whalen, R.G. (1994). Promoters, Enhancers, and Inducible Elements for Gene Therapy. In: Wolff, J.A. (eds) Gene Therapeutics. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6822-9_4

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