Dynamics of transgene expression in a neural stem cell line transduced with lentiviral vectors incorporating the cHS4 insulator

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 611-623

  Jakobsson, Johan ^a   Rosenqvist, Nina ^a   Thompson, Lachlan ^a   Barraud, Perrine ^a   Lundberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cHS4; Ex vivo; Gene therapy; Green fluorescent protein; Insulator; Silencing; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

EID: 3242682377     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.037     Document Type: Article

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