The transgene expresses TVA, the receptor for avian retrovirus ALV, subgroup A (ALV-A), from a quail cDNA under direction of a 2.2-kb promoter-containing fragment from the human glial fibrillary acidic protein, which confers specificity for terminally or near-terminally differentiated astrocytes. The construct also contains an intron and polyadenylation signal from the mouse protamine gene. Cells presenting this receptor can be infected by replication-competent ALV splice acceptor (RCAS) vectors, permitting cell type specific expression of vector-borne genes. (J:52161, J:69971)
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cx: complex: > 1 genome feature ot: other: hemizygous, indeterminate,... (F): Female
(M): Male
N: normal phenotype
(#): related diseases count