Endogenous gene expression modification with regulatory element

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Normally transcriptionally silent genes in a cell line or microorganism may be activated for expression by inserting a DNA regulatory element which is capable of promoting the expression of a normally expressed gene product in that cell or which is promiscuous the regulatory element being inserted so as to be operatively linked with the normally silent gene in question. The insertion is accomplished by means of homologous recombination by creating a DNA construct including a segment having a DNA segment of the normally silent gene (targeting DNA) and the DNA regulatory element to induce gene transcription. The technique is also used to modify the expression characteristics of any endogenous …