A pathway from chromosome transfer to engineering resulting in human and mouse artificial chromosomes for a variety of applications to bio-medical challenges

Chromosome Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-133

  Oshimura, Mitsuo ^a   Uno, Narumi ^a,b   Kazuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Katoh, Motonobu ^a   Inoue, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome engineering; Gene cell therapy; Human artificial chromosome; Humanized model mouse; Microcell mediated chromosome transfer; Mouse artificial chromosome

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; EPIGENETICS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; MICROCELL MEDIATED CHROMOSOME TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENDAI VIRUS; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84925517434     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-014-9459-z     Document Type: Article

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