A family of bicistronic vectors to enhance both local and systemic antitumor effects of HSVtk or cytokine expression in a murine melanoma model

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2087-2102

  Castleden, Simon A ^a   Chong, Heung ^a   Garcia Ribas, Ignacio ^b   Melcher, Alan A ^a   Hutchinson, Gill ^b   Roberts, Bruce ^c   Hart, Ian R ^b   Vile, Richard G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CISTRON; CLONING VECTOR; GENE THERAPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNOGENICITY; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUICIDE GENE;

EID: 0031581176     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1997.8.17-2087     Document Type: Article

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