Size matters: Versatile use of PiggyBac transposons as a genetic manipulation tool

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Kim, Adele ^a   Pyykko, Ilmari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forward genetics; Genetic tool; PiggyBac; Sleeping Beauty; Transposon; Vector

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA INTEGRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; ONCOGENE C MYC; OVARY CARCINOMA; PIGGYBAC; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

EID: 79959772184     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-0832-3     Document Type: Review

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