Gene transfer in hepatocarcinoma cell lines: In vitro optimization of a virus-free system

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 483-490

  Ghoumari, A M ^a   Rixe, O ^a   Yarovoi, S V ^a   Zerrouqi, A ^a   Mouawad, R ^a   Poynard, T ^a   Opolon, P ^a   Khayat, D ^a   Soubrane, C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; DNA; Gene therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; GANCICLOVIR; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029888340     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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