Retrovirus-mediated transfer of the suicide gene into retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 656-662

  Schubert, Catherine A ^a   Kimura, Hideya ^a   Spee, Christine ^a   Hinton, David R ^a   Gordon, Erlinda M ^a   Anderson, W French ^a   Ryan, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganciclovir; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retroviral vector; Suicide gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL KILLING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FETUS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETROVIRUS; SUICIDE GENE; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GANCICLOVIR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETROVIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 0030861921     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.7.656.5066     Document Type: Article

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