Requirements for enhanced transgene expression by untranslated sequences from the human cytomegalovirus immediate-early gene

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 700-706

  Simari, Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SWINE; TRANSGENE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032406411     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401764     Document Type: Article

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