Gene targeting to the centromeric DNA of a human minichromosome

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1103-1109

  Raimondi, Elena ^a,b   Balzaretti, Michela ^a   Moralli, Daniela ^a   Vagnarelli, Paola ^a   Tredici, Franco ^a   Bensi, Mirella ^a   De Carli, Luigi ^a  

^a Departimento Genet Microbiol B   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL FUSION; CENTROMERE; CHO CELL; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0030013449     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1996.7.9-1103     Document Type: Article

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