Context dependence of different modules for posttranscriptional enhancement of gene expression from retroviral vectors

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 435-445

  Schambach, Axel ^a   Wodrich, Harald ^a,d   Hildinger, Markus ^a,e   Bohne, Jens ^a   Kräusslich, Hans Georg ^a,b   Baum, Christopher ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Institute for Human Gene Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

CTE; Gene transfer; Retroviral vector; Splice signals; WPRE

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GAG PROTEIN; GLOBIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RNA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RETROVIRUS; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSGENE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOBINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV PROTEASE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTRONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034322479     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0191     Document Type: Article

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