The CMV early enhancer/chicken β actin (CAG) promoter can be used to drive transgene expression during the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells into vascular progenitors

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alexopoulou, Annika N ^a,b   Couchman, John R ^a,c   Whiteford, James R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; SYNDECAN 2; SYNDECAN 4; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VIRUS VECTOR; ACTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENIC GENE THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

MURINAE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STEM CELLS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 39849110289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-9-2     Document Type: Article

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