The cHS4 insulator increases the probability of retroviral expression at random chromosomal integration sites

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 4679-4687

  Rivella, Stefano ^a   Callegari, John A ^a   May, Chad ^a   Tan, Cui Wen ^a   Sadelain, Michel ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 3T3 CELLS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA METHYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOBINS; MICE; MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034000919     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.10.4679-4687.2000     Document Type: Article

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