Reversible transfection of human melanocytes mediated by Cre/loxP site-specific recombination system and SV40 large T antigen

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-444

  Ying, Wang ^a,b   Fei, Hao ^a   Jun, Deng ^a   Xi chuan, Yang ^a   Bai yu, Zhong ^a   Qing yi, Ye ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 324 Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Cell biological characters; Cre loxP site specific recombinase system; Human melanocytes; Reversible transfection; Simian virus 40 large T antigen; Tumorigenicity

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CRE RECOMBINASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA; MELANIN; REAGENT; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TAMOXIFEN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CLONE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SELECTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPING; LOXP SITE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SUPERNATANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITILIGO;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROVIRIDAE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 34247155393     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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