Boundary sequences stabilize transgene expression from subtle position effects in retroviral vectors

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-220

  Moreno, Rafael ^a   Martinez, Itziar ^a   Petriz, Jordi ^b   González, Juan Ramón ^c,d   Gratacós, Eduard ^e   Aran, Josep M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cHS4 globin insulator; EGFP expression; IFN SAR; Retroviral vector

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; BETA INTERFERON; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

BETA-GLOBINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; INTERFERON-BETA; RETROVIRIDAE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 68049110321     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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