Rapid identification of viable retrovirus-transduced cells using the green fluorescent protein as a marker

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1256-1260

  Klein, D ^a,b   Indraccolo, S ^c,d   Von Rombs, K ^b   Amadori, A ^c,d   Salmons, B ^b   Gunzburg W H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Bavarian Nordic GmbH   (Germany)

^c IST BiotechnoIogy Section   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GFP; Retroviral vector; Titre; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030732980     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300519     Document Type: Article

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