The core element of a CpG island protects avian sarcoma and leukosis virus-derived vectors from transcriptional silencing

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7818-7827

  Šenigl, Filip ^a   Plachý, Jiří ^a   Hejnar, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN LEUCOSIS VIRUS VECTOR; AVIAN SARCOMA VIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENCER ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; BINDING SITES; CPG ISLANDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; ROUS SARCOMA VIRUS; SARCOMA, AVIAN; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; ROUS SARCOMA VIRUS;

EID: 49149091892     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00419-08     Document Type: Article

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