β-Gal enzyme activity driven by the HSV LAT promoter does not correspond to β-gal RNA levels in mouse trigeminal ganglia

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 797-807

  Huang, Q S ^a,b   Valyi Nagy, T ^a,c   Kesari, S ^a   Fraser, N W ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Herpes simplex virus; Latency associated promoter; Viral vectors; galactosdidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0030821525     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300476     Document Type: Article

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