The CpG-sites of the CBX3 ubiquitous chromatin opening element are critical structural determinants for the anti-silencing function

Abstract Suppression of therapeutic transgene expression from retroviral gene therapy vectors by epigenetic defence mechanisms represents a problem that is particularly encountered in pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) and their differentiated progeny. Transgene expression in these cells, however, can be...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica Kunkiel, Natascha Gödecke, Mania Ackermann, Dirk Hoffmann, Axel Schambach, Nico Lachmann, Dagmar Wirth, Thomas Moritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04212-8