Endogenous murine leukemia virus DNA sequences in murine cell lines: Implications for gene therapy safety testing by PCR

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Allan, David S ^a   De Koven, Alan ^b   Wild, Anthony ^b   Kamel Reid, Suzanne ^c   Dubé, Ian D ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

gene therapy; Leukemia virus; Murine; PCR; Retrovectors; Safety testing

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MOUSE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SAFETY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030474695     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609054842     Document Type: Article

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