Silencing of gene expression: Implications for design of retrovirus vectors

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-217

  Pannell, Dylan ^a   Ellis, James ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; LENTIVIRINAE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 0034904598     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.316     Document Type: Review

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