| Literature DB >> 6087339 |
V Episkopou, A J Murphy, A Efstratiadis.
Abstract
We have inserted into a retroviral vector the structural information encoding the selectable bacterial genes neo and gpt linked, respectively, to the promoters of the herpesvirus thymidine kinase gene and the rat preproinsulin II gene. We have used this recombinant retrovirus construction to transduce insulinoma cell lines that are positive or negative for insulin expression. Selection of the transductants for neo yielded resistant colonies from all of the cell lines, while selection for gpt yielded resistant transductants in relatively high frequency only from insulin-producing cells. The 5' end of the gpt transcripts maps to the authentic preproinsulin capping site of the construction.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6087339 PMCID: PMC391549 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.15.4657
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205