Topological constraints governing the use of the chicken HS4 chromatin insulator in oncoretrovirus vectors

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 589-598

  Yannaki, Evangelia ^a   Tubb, Julie ^b   Aker, Mari ^b   Stamatoyannopoulos, George ^b   Emery, David W ^b  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Chicken HS4; Chromatin insulator; Hematopoiesis; In vivo; Mouse; Murine leukemia virus; Oncoretrovirus

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOVIRINAE; POSITION EFFECT; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VECTORS;

EID: 0036099418     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2002.0582     Document Type: Article

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