Enhanced transgene expression in the mouse skeletal muscle infected by the adeno-associated viral vector with the human elongation factor 1α promoter and a human chromatin insulator

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 598-604

  Mori Uchino, Mayuyo ^a,b   Takeuchi, Takamasa ^a   Murakami, Isao ^a,c   Yano, Tetsu ^b   Yasugi, Toshiharu ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^b   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^d   Kanda, Tadahito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AAV vector; Insulator; Transduction of muscle

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; LUCIFERASE; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECHINOIDEA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 68949217690     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1337     Document Type: Article

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