Naturally Occurring Minichromosome Platforms in Chromosome Engineering: An Overview

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 738, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-56

  Raimondi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromosome engineering; Chromosome transfer; Gene targeting; Size reduction; Small supernumerary marker chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; KARYOTYPE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 79960928204     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-099-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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