An attempt to add biological functions by genetic engineering in order to produce high-performance bioreactor cells for hybrid artificial liver: Transfection of glutamine synthetase into chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-540

  Enosawa, Shin ^a   Suzuki, Seiichi ^a   Fujino, Masayuki ^a   Amemiya, Hiroshi ^a   Omasa, Takeshi ^b   Urayama, Shigeo ^b   Tanimura, Naoko ^b   Suga, Kenichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; CHO cell; Glutamine synthetase; Transfection

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOREACTOR; CELL FUNCTION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0030756549     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-6897(97)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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