High-level transgene expression by homologous recombination-mediated gene transfer

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Grandjean, Mélanie ^a   Girod, Pierre Alain ^a   Calabrese, David ^a   Kostyrko, Kaja ^a   Wicht, Marianne ^b   Yerly, Florence ^c   Mazza, Christian ^c   Beckmann, Jacques S ^b   Martinet, Danielle ^b   Mermod, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 80055093830     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr436     Document Type: Article

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