Reduced melanoma tumor formation in mice immunized with DNA expressing the melanoma-specific antigen gp100/pmel17

Leukemia

Volumn 13, Issue , 1999, Pages 48-51

  Nawrath, M ^a   Pavlovic, J ^a   Dummet, R ^b   Schultz, J ^a   Strack, B ^a   Heinrich, J ^a   Moelling, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B16 melanoma; GM CSF; Gp100; Naked DNA; Pmel17

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA VACCINE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNIZATION; MELANOMA; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033007928     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401284     Document Type: Review

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