Lack of bystander killing in herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase-transduced colon cell lines due to deficient connexin43 gap junction formation

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2253-2261

  McMasters, Robyn A ^a   Saylors, Robert L ^b   Jones, Kelly E ^a   Hendrix, Michael E ^c   Moyer, Mary Pat ^d   Drake, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0032505770     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1998.9.15-2253     Document Type: Article

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