Stable and efficient gene transfer into the mutant retinal pigment epithelial cells of the Mitf(vit) mouse using a lentiviral vector

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-142

  Galileo, Deni S ^a   Hunter, Kristi ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Lentiviral vector; Mitf gene; Mouse; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LENTIVIRINAE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032983917     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.2.135.5376     Document Type: Article

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