In this article we will discuss about the diversity of retroviral oncogenes. Studies of other retroviruses of several different animal species (most notably the mouse, rat, chicken, and certain species of monkeys) soon led to the identification of other retroviral oncogenes. Over 20 different retroviral oncogene (Table 16.2) have been described to date, and more undoubtedly remain to be discovered. [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Diagnostic Features of Cat's Cry Syndrome 2. Modification of Cat's Cry Syndrome 3. Findings. Diagnostic Features of Cat's Cry Syndrome: Some of the following features are not absolute in occurrence, and in that case values in the parentheses are the frequency of occurrence: i) The name of this syndrome refers to the [...]
This article provides an overview on the principles of gene transfer. Classical gene therapies normally require efficient transfer of cloned genes into disease cells so that the introduced genes are expressed at suitably high levels. In principle, there are numerous different physicochemical and biological methods that can be used to transfer exogenous genes into human cells. The size of DNA [...]