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Self-excising retroviral vectors encoding the Cre recombinase overcome Cre-mediated cellular toxicity.
Molecular cell - 1 Jul 2001
Silver D P, Livingston D M
Abstract excerpt
The Cre-lox system is often used to manipulate sequences in mammalian genomes. We have observed that continuous expression of the Cre recombinase in cultured cells lacking exogenous lox sites caused decreased growth, cytopathic effects, and chromosomal aberrations. Cre mutants defective in DNA cleavage were not geno- or cytotoxic. A self-excising retroviral vector that incorporates a negative feedback loop to...
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