Stabilization of active recombinant retroviruses in an amorphous dry state with trehalose

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 615-620

  Bieganski, Robert M ^a   Fowler, Alex ^a,b   Morgan, Jeffrey R ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; RETROVIRUS; TRANSFER VECTOR; TREHALOSE;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE RECOMBINANT RETROVIRUSES; DISACCHARIDE TREHALOSE;

VIRUSES;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEXTRANS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREEZE DRYING; GLUCOSE; LAC OPERON; MICE; RETROVIRIDAE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032126268     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp980057d     Document Type: Article

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