A novel bidirectional expression system for simultaneous expression of both the protein-coding genes and short hairpin RNAs in mammalian cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 339, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1035-1042

  Hung, Chuan Fu ^a   Cheng, Tsung Lin ^a   Wu, Ren Huang ^a   Teng, Chiao Fang ^a   Chang, Wen Tsan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bidirectional control promoter; Blasticidin S deaminase; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Firefly luciferase; PARP 2 RNase P bidirectional control promoter; Protein coding gene; RNA interference; Short hairpin RNA

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; RIBONUCLEASE P; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; KIDNEY; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 29044435014     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.113     Document Type: Article

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