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SUBMITTER: Hough RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC123035 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hough R B RB Avivi A A Davis J J Joel A A Nevo E E Piatigorsky J J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020601 12
Blind mole rats have degenerated subcutaneous eyes that are visually nonfunctional. In this investigation, we have compared the tissue specificity of the small heat shock protein (shsp)/alphaB-crystallin promoter of the mole rat superspecies, Spalax ehrenbergi, with that of the mouse. Earlier experiments showed that mouse shsp/alphaB-crystallin promoter/enhancer activity is high in the lens and moderate in the heart and skeletal muscle of transgenic mice. Here, we show in transgenic mouse experi ...[more]