Expression of naked DNA in human, pig, and mouse skin

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2911-2916

  Hengge, Ulrich R ^a   Walker, Patricia S ^a   Vogel, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermis; gene expression; organ culture; plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SWINE;

EID: 0029993919     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118750     Document Type: Article

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