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Retroviral cDNA expression libraries allow the efficient introduction of complex cDNA libraries into virtually any mitotic cell type for screening based on gene function. The cDNA copy number per cell can be easily controlled by adjusting the multiplicity of infection, thus cell populations may be generated in which >90% of infected cells contain one to three cDNAs. We describe the isolation of two known oncogenes and one cell-surface receptor from a human Burkitt’s lymphoma (Daudi) cDNA library inserted into the hightiter retroviral vector pFB.
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Felts, K.A., Chen, K., Zaharee, K. et al. Functional cloning using pFB retroviral cDNA expression libraries. Mol Biotechnol 22, 25–32 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1385/MB:22:1:025
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