MAR Elements and Transposons for Improved Transgene Integration and Expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ley, Déborah ^a   Harraghy, Niamh ^a   Le Fourn, Valérie ^b   Bire, Solenne ^c   Girod, Pierre Alain ^b   Regamey, Alexandre ^b   Rouleux Bonnin, Florence ^d   Bigot, Yves ^c   Mermod, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Selexis SA   (Switzerland)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA; SALINISPORA;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETULUS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VECTORS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84876961804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062784     Document Type: Article

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