Blasticidin S-resistance gene (bsr): A novel selectable marker for mammalian cells
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Over expression of the selectable marker blasticidin S deaminase gene is toxic to human keratinocytes and murine BALB/MK cells
BACKGROUND The blasticidin S resistance gene (bsr) is a selectable marker used for gene transfer experiments. The bsr gene encodes for blasticidin S (BS) deaminase, which has a specific activity upon BS. Therefore, its expression is supposed to be harmless in cells. The work reported on herein consisted of experiments to verify a possible toxicity of bsr on mammalian cells, which include severa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Cell Research
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0014-4827
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(91)90427-v