Regulation of gene expression by human foamy virus and potentials of foamy viral vectors

Stem Cells

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Bodem, Jochen ^a   Löchelt, Martin ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Flügel, Rolf M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pol expression; Spumaretrovirus; Vectors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MARKER GENE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SPUMA VIRUS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPUMAVIRUS;

HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS; SPUMAVIRUS;

EID: 0030704647     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.5530150818     Document Type: Article

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