Rapid retrovirus titration using competitive polymerase chain reaction

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 679-684

  Tafuro, S ^a   Zentilin, L ^a,b   Falaschi, A ^a   Giacca, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Retroviral vectors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TITRATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; RETROVIRIDAE; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029741737     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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