Induction of the suicide HSV-TK gene by activation of the egr-1 promoter with radioisotopes

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 827-833

  Takahashi, Tamami ^a   Namiki, Yoshihisa ^a   Ohno, Tsuneya ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GANCICLOVIR; IODINE 131; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PROMOTER REGION; SUICIDE GENE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030919225     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1997.8.7-827     Document Type: Article

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