A rapid screening procedure for the identification of high-titer retrovirus packaging clones

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 744-749

  Murdoch, B ^b   Pereira, D S ^b   Wu, X ^b   Dick, J E ^b   Ellis, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Retrovirus vectors; RNA dot blots

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SCREENING; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TITRATION;

RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030842031     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300448     Document Type: Article

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