A new DNA vehicle for nonviral gene delivery: Supercoiled minicircle

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1341-1349

  Darquet, A M ^a   Cameron, B ^a   Wils, P ^a   Scherman, D ^a   Crouzet, J ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

DNA transfection; DNA vaccine; Gene expression; Gene therapy; Site specific recombination; integrase

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRASE; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031436820     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300540     Document Type: Article

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