Table 2.

Chromosomal abnormalities in dominant-negative hTERT-transduced CD4+ T cells


DNA construct used for CD4+ T-cell transduction

No. of metaphases analyzed

No. of metaphases with dicentric chromosomes
GFP   28   0  
DN-hTERT-GFP   16   3* 
hTERT-GFP
 
20
 
0
 

DNA construct used for CD4+ T-cell transduction

No. of metaphases analyzed

No. of metaphases with dicentric chromosomes
GFP   28   0  
DN-hTERT-GFP   16   3* 
hTERT-GFP
 
20
 
0
 
*

Chromosome end-to-end fusions found: (1q;20q) (7p;22p) (6q;10p)