Recent advances in gene expression using alphavirus vectors

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 464-469

  Garoff, Henrik ^a   Li, Ke Jun ^a  

^a Department of Biosciences at Novum ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032191461     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80030-X     Document Type: Article

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