High-efficiency RNA interference in human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Zaehres, Holm ^a   Lensch, M William ^a   Daheron, Laurence ^a   Stewart, Sheila A ^b   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^c   Daley, George Q ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human embryonic stem cells; Nanog; Oct4; Retroviral and lentiviral vectors; RNA interference; Self renewal; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GLYCOPROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

LENTIVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 15544388092     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2004-0252     Document Type: Article

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