2009-04-22Zeitschriftenartikel
Distribution and expression of porcine endogenous retroviruses in multi-transgenic pigs generated for xenotransplantation
Dieckhoff, Britta; Kessler, Barbara; Jobst, Danny; Kues, Wilfried A.; Petersen, Björn; Pfeifer, Alexander; Kurth, Reinhard; Niemann, Heiner; Wolf, Eckhard; Denner, Joachim
Background: Multi-transgenic pigs produced for use in xenotransplantation have to be screened for the presence and expression of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) to select animals with low PERV load. The production ...