A live non-neurovirulent herpes simplex virus vector expresses β- galactosidase in the nervous system of the Wistar and Sprague-Dawley strain rat for a prolonged period

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Shiraki, Kimiyasu ^a   Yamamura, Jun Ichi ^a   Kurokawa, Masahiko ^a   Andoh, Tsugunobu ^a   Sato, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshida, Yoshihiro ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   Kamiyama, Tomoko ^a   Kageyama, Seiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galactosidase gene; Brain; Dorsal root ganglia; Gene transfer; Genetic vector; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; ENZYME INDUCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032478527     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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