Estradiol enhances gene delivery to human breast tumor cells

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 709-714

  Jain, Pramod T ^a,c   Gewirtz, David A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Lipofectamine; MCF 7; MDA MB 231 breast tumor cells; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GALACTOSIDASE; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; LUCIFERASES; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031659447     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050271     Document Type: Article

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