A potential therapeutic application of hairpin ribozymes: In vitro and in vivo studies of gene therapy for hepatitis C virus infection

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 994-1001

  Welch, P J ^a   Tritz, R ^a   Yei, S ^a   Leavitt, M ^a   Yu, M ^a   Barber, J ^a  

^a Immusol Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitator RNA; HCV; Retroviral vectors; RNA cleavage

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA CLEAVAGE; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANIMALS; CAPSID; CELL LINE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MICE; PILOT PROJECTS; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0029972264     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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