A novel T7 system utilizing mRNA coding for T7 RNA polymerase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 974-978

  Nakano, Risako ^a   Nakagawa, Tetsuhiko ^a   Imazu, Susumu ^a   Katayama, Kazufumi ^a   Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki ^b   Hayakawa, Takao ^b   Tsutsumi, Yasuo ^a   Nakagawa, Shinsaku ^a   Mayumi, Tadanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; mRNA; T7 promoter; T7 RNA polymerase; Globin 3 untranslated regions; Globin 5 untranslated regions

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE T7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037459047     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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