A functional screen for regulatory elements that improve retroviral vector gene expression

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Groth, Amy C ^a   Emery, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Insulator; Regulatory element; Retrovirus; Screen

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 22; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOME SIZE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; TRANSGENE; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS MUTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; MICE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROVIRIDAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78649447663     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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