Transient marker stabilisation: A general procedure to construct marker-free recombinant vaccinia virus

Archives of Virology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 467-474

  Scheiflinger, F ^a   Dorner, F ^a   Falkner, F G ^a  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MARKER; RECOMBINANT GENE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HIV ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0031980909     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050303     Document Type: Article

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