Inhibition of chromatin condensation prevents transgene silencing in a neural progenitor cell line transplanted to the rat brain

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Rosenqvist, Nina ^a   Jakobsson, Johan ^a   Lundberg, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CNS; DNA methylation; Ex vivo; Gene therapy; Histone deacetylation; Lentiviral vector

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEACYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO CULTURE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 18044385344     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000005783983188     Document Type: Article

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