Comparison of two kinds of methods to determine the titer of recombinant retrovirus containing β-globin gene based on G418 selection

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-81

  Dong, Wenji ^b   Liu, Depei ^a   Li, Jia ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Guo, Zhichen ^b   Liang, Chich Chuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

G418 resistance; Locus control region; Retrovirus; Virus titer; globin gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRON; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0002207402     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:15:1:77     Document Type: Article

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