Identification of a potent MAR element from the mouse genome and assessment of its activity in stable and transient transfections

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Harraghy, Niamh ^a   Regamey, Alexandre ^a   Girod, Pierre Alain ^a   Mermod, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IgG; Matrix attachment region; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC GENOME; EXPRESSION VECTORS; IGG; IN-SILICO; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MOUSE GENOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTIONS; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

DNA SEQUENCES; TOBACCO;

GENES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79957471146     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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