Lentiviral vectors mediate long-term and high efficiency transgene expression in HEK 293T cells

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 407-415

  Mao, Yingying ^a   Yan, Renhe ^a   Li, Andrew ^b   Zhang, Yanling ^a   Li, Jinlong ^a   Du, Hongyan ^a   Chen, Baihong ^a   Wei, Wenjin ^c   Zhang, Yi ^d   Sumners, Colin ^d   Zheng, Haifa ^c   Li, Hongwei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Beijing Minhai Biotechnology Co Ltd   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

HCV E1; HEK 293 cells; Insulator; Lentiviral vector; Promoters; Protein production; UCOE

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; E1 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E1 GENE; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GFP GENE; HEK293 CELL LINE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; INTRON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENE; UBIQUITOUS CHROMATIN OPENING ELEMENT; VIRUS GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LENTIVIRINAE; PROCEDURES;

BETA-GLOBINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84930201940     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.11270     Document Type: Article

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