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  • adjective genetics Describing mRNA that encodes for multiple different polypeptides

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  • Among others, many prokaryotic messages are polycistronic, few eukaryotic.

    Uncommonly Dense blows common descent. - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • The strategy of these authors entailed the introduction of a polycistronic vector encoding the genes c-Myc, Klf4, and SV40LT and selection of stable episomes that provided persistent gene expression to achieve reprogramming followed by the identification of vector-free subclones after several passages in the absence of selection.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • We find mir-424 and mir-503 are derived from a polycistronic precursor mir-424-503 that is under repression by the MLL-MLLT3 leukemogenic fusion.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs A R R Forrest 2010

  • Stem Cell Cassette (STEMCCA) polycistronic lentiviral vector

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • We find mir-424 and mir-503 are derived from a polycistronic precursor mir-424-503 that is under repression by the MLL-MLLT3 leukemogenic fusion.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs A R R Forrest 2010

  • A feasible way to decrease the risk of insertional mutagenesis is to combine the reprogramming factors into a single polycistronic vector by inserting a 'self-cleaving' 2A peptide or an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequence between two consecutive open reading frames.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • Similarly, a Cre-expressing plasmid or adenovirus was employed to remove three or four copies of a polycistronic vector from the genome of mouse iPSCs

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • Notably, these studies demonstrated that somatic cells carrying a single proviral copy of the polycistronic cassette can be reprogrammed to pluripotency, substantially reducing genomic modification of the target cell.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • A number of studies have recently demonstrated the advantage of using polycistronic vectors for iPSC generation.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Cesar Sommer 2010

  • Alternative initiation strategies by ribosomal frameshifting and leaky scanning enable polycistronic translation of the cap-dependent viral transcript.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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