Transgene expression is associated with copy number and cytomegalovirus promoter methylation in transgenic pigs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Kong, Qingran ^a   Wu, Meiling ^a   Huan, Yanjun ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Liu, Haiyan ^b   Bou, Gerelchimeg ^a   Luo, Yibo ^a   Mu, Yangshuang ^a   Liu, Zhonghua ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PIG; ANIMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 68949219589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006679     Document Type: Article

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