Expression of β-galactosidase in mouse brain: Utilization of a novel nonreplicative Sindbis virus vector as a neuronal gene delivery system

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 815-822

  Altman Hamamdzic, S ^a   Groseclose, C ^a   Ma, J X ^a   Hamamdzic, D ^a   Vrindavanam, N S ^a   Middaugh, L D ^a   Parratto, N P ^a   Sallee, F R ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Youth Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; LacZ; Neuronal cells; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SINDBIS VIRUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; RNA VIRUSES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030866314     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300458     Document Type: Article

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