Detection of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus in transplantable mouse tumors by biological assay and RT-PCR assays and its removal from the tumor cell

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-236

  Chen, Zongyu ^a   Plagemann, Peter G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Lactate dehydrogenase elevating virus; RT PCR; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; INFECTION RISK; LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE TOGAVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIVIRUS INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENOME, VIRAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-ELEVATING VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-ELEVATING VIRUS; MURINAE; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030900773     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)02188-5     Document Type: Article

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