Evaluating post-transcriptional regulatory elements for enhancing transient gene expression levels in CHO K1 and HEK293 cells

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Mariati, ^a   Ho, Steven C L ^a   Yap, Miranda G S ^a,b   Yang, Yuansheng ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intron; Mammalian cells; Post transcription; Transient gene expression; Untranslated region (UTR); WPRE

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; LUCIFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRASTUZUMAB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; MAMMALIA; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 70350574634     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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