Properties of human foamy virus relevant to its development as a vector for gene therapy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2003-2009

  Hill, Claire L ^a   Bieniasz, Paul D ^a,b   McClure, Myra O ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RECEPTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPUMA VIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; RNA VIRUSES; SPUMAVIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032783894     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-8-2003     Document Type: Article

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