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ArticleNucleic acids research2011

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

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

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mélanie GrandjeanLaboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology UNIL-EPFL, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pierre-Alain Girod
David Calabrese
Kaja Kostyrko
Marianne Wicht
Florence Yerly
Christian Mazza
Jacques S Beckmann
Danielle Martinet
Nicolas Mermod
University of Lausanne · CHÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHUniversity of Fribourg · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene transfer and expression in eukaryotes is often limited by a number of stably maintained gene copies and by epigenetic silencing effects. Silencing may be limited by the use of epigenetic regulatory sequences such as matrix attachment regions (MAR). Here, we show that successive transfections of MAR-containing vectors allow a synergistic increase of transgene expression. This finding is partly explained by an increased entry into the cell nuclei and genomic integration of the DNA, an effect that requires both the MAR element and iterative transfections. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis often showed single integration events, indicating that DNAs introduced in successive transfections could recombine. High expression was also linked to the cell division cycle, so that nuclear transport of the DNA occurs when homologous recombination is most active. Use of cells deficient in either non-homologous end-joining or homologous recombination suggested that efficient integration and expression may require homologous recombination-based genomic integration of MAR-containing plasmids and the lack of epigenetic silencing events associated with tandem gene copies. We conclude that MAR elements may promote homologous recombination, and that cells and vectors can be engineered to take advantage of this property to mediate highly efficient gene transfer and expression.

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Matrix Attachment RegionsRecombination, GeneticTransfectionTransgenesActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCell CycleCell LineCell NucleusDNAGene DosageGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsPlasmidsSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidDNA

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PMID21652640
PMCPMC3159483
OpenAlexW2018218652

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