Rapid and sensitive lentivirus vector-based conditional gene expression assay to monitor and quantify cell fusion activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Gonçalves, Manuel A F V ^a   Janssen, Josephine M ^a   Holkers, Maarten ^a   de Vries, Antoine A F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINASE FLP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL KINETICS; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPISOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; CELL CULTURE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; LENTIVIRUS;

CELL FUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956202918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010954     Document Type: Article

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