The internal ribosomal entry site of the encephalomyocarditis virus enables reliable coexpression of two transgenes in human primary T lymphocytes

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1115-1119

  Gallardo, H F ^a   Tan, C ^a   Sadelain, M ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive cell therapy; Gene coexpression; Internal ribosomal entry site; Primary T lymphocyte; Retrovirus mediated gene transfer; Suicide gene

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; GANCICLOVIR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030815408     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300506     Document Type: Article

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