Vectors as Tools for the Study of Normal and Abnormal Growth and Differentiation

Why a Workshop on Vectors as Tools for the Study of Normal and Abnormal Growth and Differentiation.- Using Embryonal Stem Cells to Introduce Mutations into the Mouse Germ Line.- New Strategies in Developmental Biology: In Vivo Mutagenesis as a Tool to Dissect Mammalian Development.- Visualization by nlsLacZ of Gene Activity during Mouse Embryogenesis.- The Albino Perinatal Lethal Mutation: Identification of Affected mRNAs and Mapping of the Locus by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis.- Mutations in Transgenic Mice.- Effects of Provirus Insertion on Expression of ?1(I) Collagen Gene in Mov13 Mice.- Cellular Target Sequences for Retrovirus Integration.- Identification of Retroviral Sequences Involved in the Inactivation of the Viral Genome in Embryonal Carcinoma Cells.- Strand Switching during Retroviral Reverse Transcription.- Do Retroviuses Contribute to the Genesis of Intron-less Pseudogenes?.- Biological Activities of Mouse Retrotransposons MURRS/LTR-IS.- Retroviral Receptors and Interference on Human Cells.- Cell Targeting by Recombinant Retroviruses Using Bi-specific Antibody Complexes.- Improvement of Gene Expression and Virus Production in the Use of Retroviral Vectors for Gene Transfer.- New Retroviral Models for Gene Therapy: Swords into Plowshares.- Hemopoietic Regulation Assessed in Clonal Culture: A Brief Overview.- Haemopoietic Cells as Targets for Gene Transfer.- Human (3-globin Expression in Murine Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients Reconstituted with Retrovirally Transduced Stem Cells.- Genetic Manipulation of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells.- The Role of Cytokines in the Normal and Abnormal Growth of Hemopoietic Cells.- Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-6: Structure and Mechanism of Action of the Molecular, Cellular and In Vivo Level.- Unexpected Biological Effects of the Deregulated IL-2/IL-2 Receptor System on the Lymphocyte Development.- T Cell Activation Signals and Regulation of Lymphokine Gene by Viral and Cellular Transactivators.- Lymphoid VDJ Recombinase Activity: Development of a Novel Fluorescence- based Assay System.- Meiotic Copy Number Changes at CUPT are Mediated by Gene Conversion.- Epstein-Barr Virus Gene Expression in Normal and Malignant B Cells: Implications for the Immune T Cell Control of EBV Infection.- Suppression of Cellular Gene Activity in Adenovirus-transformed Cells.- Dysregulated Activation of a Haemopoietic Growth Factor Gene alone is Insufficient to Cause Malignent Haemopoietic Disease in Normal Haemopoietic Cells.- Mechanisms of IL-3 Regulated Growth and Transformation of Hematopoietic Cells.- Synergism between Oncogenes in T-cell Lymphogenesis.- The Mouse jun Family.- The c-jun Gene and Its Role in Signal Transduction.- Two Nuclear Oncogene Products Cooperate in the Formation of the Transcription Factor AP-1.- p53: Onco - or Anti-onco - Gene? A Critical Review.- Activation of the Cellular p53 Gene in Friend Virus-transformed Erythroleukemia Cell Lines.- Analysis of Transcriptional Regulatory Regions of the Human p53 Gene in Human Cells Using an EBV-derived Shuttle Vector.- SV40 DNA Replication In Vitro.- Contributors.- Acknowledgements.