pIRES-CD4t, a dicistronic expression vector for MACS- or FACS-based selection of transfected cells

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-688

  Gaines, Peter ^a,b   Wojchowski, Don M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032937054     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99264st04     Document Type: Article

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