Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter

Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Promoter... 

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Fig. I. Schematic representation of homologous recombination with a replacement-type vector employing positive-negative selection. Exons are shaded and intronic regions are represented by open boxes. Vector sequences are denoted by a wavy line. HSV-tt, herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase expression vector P-Neo. promoter-neomyocin expression vector.

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