Copy number-dependent expression of a YAC-cloned human CFTR gene in a human epithelial cell line

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 618-623

  Vassaux, G ^a   Manson, A L ^a   Huxley, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFTR; Expression; YAC

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE NUMBER; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION SITE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030811864     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300442     Document Type: Article

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