Direct gene transfer to mouse melanoma by intratumor injection of free DNA

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 542-548

  Yang, J P ^a   Huang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer gene therapy; Free plasmid DNA; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HEART MUSCLE; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; VIRUSES;

ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0029891426     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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