The sea urchin sns5 insulator protects retroviral vectors from chromosomal position effects by maintaining active chromatin structure

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1434-1441

  D'Apolito, Danilo ^a,b   Baiamonte, Elena ^a   Bagliesi, Mariella ^a   Di Marzo, Rosalba ^a   Calzolari, Roberta ^a   Ferro, Leda ^b   Franco, Vito ^b   Spinelli, Giovanni ^b   Maggio, Aurelio ^a   Acuto, Santina ^a  

^a Unita di Ricerca P Cutino   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUCHROMATIN; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; INSULATOR ELEMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PROMOTER REGION; RETROVIRUS; SEA URCHIN; SNS5 INSULATOR;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENETIC VECTORS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; PROTEIN BINDING; RETROVIRIDAE; SEA URCHINS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 68249125615     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2009.74     Document Type: Article

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