Isolation of the chicken thymidine kinase gene by plasmid rescue

Nature ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 285 (5762) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Perucho ◽  
Douglas Hanahan ◽  
Leah Lipsich ◽  
Michael Wigler
Keyword(s):  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Plasmid Rescue ◽  
Kinase Gene

scholarly journals G1/S-regulated E2F-containing protein complexes bind to the mouse thymidine kinase gene promoter.

1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (2) ◽  
pp. 1306-1313
Author(s):  
Q.P. Dou ◽  
S. Zhao ◽  
A.H. Levin ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
K. Helin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Gene Promoter ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Kinase Gene

scholarly journals Hybrid plasmids containing an active thymidine kinase gene of Herpes simplex virus 1

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 859-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.M. Wilkie ◽  
J.B. Clements ◽  
W. Boll ◽  
N. Mantei ◽  
D. Lonsdale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Simplex Virus

scholarly journals Genetic analysis of the human thymidine kinase gene promoter.

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2903-2909 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Kreidberg ◽  
T J Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Base Pair ◽  
Promoter Region ◽  
Genomic Sequence ◽  
Gene Promoter ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Rich Region ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Inverted Orientation ◽  
Pair Sequence

The promoter of the human thymidine kinase gene was defined by DNA sequence and genetic analyses. Mutant plasmids with deletions extending into the promoter region from both the 5' and 3' directions were constructed. The mutants were tested in a gene transfer system for the ability to transform TK- cells to the TK+ phenotype. This analysis delimited the functional promoter to within an 83-base-pair region upstream of the mRNA cap site. This region contains sequences common to other eucaryotic promoters including G X C-rich hexanucleotides, a CAAT box, and an A X T-rich region. The CAAT box is in an inverted orientation and is part of a 9-base-pair sequence repeated twice in the promoter region. Comparison of the genomic sequence with the cDNA sequence defined the first exon of the thymidine kinase gene.

Are hepatomas a good target for suicide gene therapy? An experimental study in rats using retroviral-mediated transfer of thymidine kinase gene

Surgery ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héléna Nagy ◽  
Yves Panis ◽  
Monique Fabre ◽  
Hubert Perrin ◽  
David Klatzmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Therapy ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Suicide Gene ◽  
Suicide Gene Therapy ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Good Target

Adenoviral-Mediated Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene Transfer

Pancreas ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Block ◽  
Shu-Hsia Chen ◽  
Ken-Ichiro Kosai ◽  
Milton Finegold ◽  
Savio L. C. Woo
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Simplex Virus

Dominant positive and negative selection using a hygromycin phosphotransferase-thymidine kinase fusion gene

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 3374-3378 ◽  
Author(s):  
S D Lupton ◽  
L L Brunton ◽  
V A Kalberg ◽  
R W Overell
Keyword(s):  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Negative Selection ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Hygromycin B ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Hygromycin Phosphotransferase ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Genetic Entity

The hygromycin phosphotransferase gene was fused in-frame with the herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase gene. The resulting fusion gene (termed HyTK) confers hygromycin B resistance for dominant positive selection and ganciclovir sensitivity for negative selection and provides a means by which these selectable phenotypes may be expressed and regulated as a single genetic entity.

Transcriptional insulation of the human keratin 18 gene in transgenic mice

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2214-2223
Author(s):  
N Neznanov ◽  
I S Thorey ◽  
G Ceceña ◽  
R G Oshima
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Mice ◽  
Thymidine Kinase ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Thymidine Kinase Gene ◽  
Flanking Sequence ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Tissue Specific ◽  
Dependent Behavior ◽  
Flanking Sequences ◽  
Keratin 18

Expression of the 10-kb human keratin 18 (K18) gene in transgenic mice results in efficient and appropriate tissue-specific expression in a variety of internal epithelial organs, including liver, lung, intestine, kidney, and the ependymal epithelium of brain, but not in spleen, heart, or skeletal muscle. Expression at the RNA level is directly proportional to the number of integrated K18 transgenes. These results indicate that the K18 gene is able to insulate itself both from the commonly observed cis-acting effects of the sites of integration and from the potential complications of duplicated copies of the gene arranged in head-to-tail fashion. To begin to identify the K18 gene sequences responsible for this property of transcriptional insulation, additional transgenic mouse lines containing deletions of either the 5' or 3' distal end of the K18 gene have been characterized. Deletion of 1.5 kb of the distal 5' flanking sequence has no effect upon either the tissue specificity or the copy number-dependent behavior of the transgene. In contrast, deletion of the 3.5-kb 3' flanking sequence of the gene results in the loss of the copy number-dependent behavior of the gene in liver and intestine. However, expression in kidney, lung, and brain remains efficient and copy number dependent in these transgenic mice. Furthermore, herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene expression is copy number dependent in transgenic mice when the gene is located between the distal 5'- and 3'-flanking sequences of the K18 gene. Each adult transgenic male expressed the thymidine kinase gene in testes and brain and proportionally to the number of integrated transgenes. We conclude that the characteristic of copy number-dependent expression of the K18 gene is tissue specific because the sequence requirements for transcriptional insulation in adult liver and intestine are different from those for lung and kidney. In addition, the behavior of the transgenic thymidine kinase gene in testes and brain suggests that the property of transcriptional insulation of the K18 gene may be conferred by the distal flanking sequences of the K18 gene and, additionally, may function for other genes.

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