Messenger RNA electroporation is highly efficient in mouse embryonic stem cells: Successful FLPe- and Cre-mediated recombination

Gene Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1606-1610

  Ponsaerts, P ^a   Brown, J P ^b   Van den Plas, D ^c   Van den Eeden, L ^a   Van Bockstaele, D R ^a   Jorens, P G ^a   Van Tendeloo, V F I ^a   Merregaert, J ^c   Singh, P B ^b   Berneman, Z N ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cre; EGFP; ES cells; FLPe; Gene transfer; RNA electroporation

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 7244238185     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302342     Document Type: Article

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