Illegitimate DNA integration in mammalian cells

Gene Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1791-1799

  Wurtele H ^a   Little, K C E ^b   Chartrand, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Illegitimate DNA integration; Mutagenesis; Recombination; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC STABILITY; MAMMAL CELL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942533342     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302074     Document Type: Review

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