Prototypic chromatin insulator cHS4 protects retroviral transgene from silencing in Schistosoma mansoni

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 555-566

  Suttiprapa, Sutas ^a   Rinaldi, Gabriel ^a,b   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

cHS4 insulator; Pseudotyped retrovirus; Schistosome; Transgene

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; G PROTEIN, VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METABOLISM; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMID; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA-GLOBULINS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84860884875     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9556-0     Document Type: Article

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