Production of genetically stable high-titer retroviral vectors that carry a human γ-globin gene under the control of the α-globin locus control region

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2518-2524

  Ren, Sicong ^b   Wong, Bryan Y ^b   Li, Jihong ^b   Luo, Xiang Nong ^b   Wong, Peter M C ^b   Atweh, George F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0029984381     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.6.2518.bloodjournal8762518     Document Type: Article

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