Adenovirus-mediated delivery of rhodopsin-promoted bcl-2 results in a delay in photoreceptor cell death in the rd/rd mouse

Gene Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1156-1164

  Bennett, J ^a   Zeng, Y ^a   Bajwa, R ^a   Klatt, L ^a   Li, Y ^a   Maguire, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Bcl 2; Gene therapy; rd mouse; Retinal degeneration; Rhodopsin promoter

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RHODOPSIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRANSGENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0031713983     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300733     Document Type: Article

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