Use of a retroviral vector with an internal opsin promoter to direct gene expression to retinal photoreceptor cells

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 833-844

  Kido, M ^a   Rich, K A ^a   Lang, G ^a   Barron E ^a   Kohn, D B ^a   Al Ubaidi, M R ^b   Blanks, J C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Mouse retina; Opsin promoter; Photoreceptor; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; OPSIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOSE OPERON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RETINA CELL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROVIRUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0029791950     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609017624     Document Type: Article

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