Rapid and sensitive lentivirus vector-based conditional gene expression assay to monitor and quantify cell fusion activity.

Cell-to-cell fusion is involved in multiple fundamental biological processes. Prominent examples include osteoclast and giant cell formation, fertilization and skeletal myogenesis which involve macrophage, sperm-egg and myoblast fusion, respectively. Indeed, the importance of cell fusion is undersco...

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Main Authors: Manuel A F V Gonçalves, Josephine M Janssen, Maarten Holkers, Antoine A F de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20532169/pdf/?tool=EBI