Epstein-Barr-based episomal chromosomes shuttle 100 kb of self- replicating circular human DNA in mouse cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 762-768

  Kelleher, Zachary T ^a   Fu, Haiyan ^a   Livanos, Elizabeth ^a   Wendelburg, Brian ^a   Gulino, Sara ^a   Vos, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial chromosome; Functional genomics; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; EPISOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINICHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CINNAMATES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYGROMYCIN B; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031879482     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0898-762     Document Type: Article

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