Minicircle: An improved DNA molecule for in vitro and in vivo gene transfer

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-218

  Darquet, A M ^a   Rangara, R ^a   Kreiss, P ^a   Schwartz, B ^a   Naimi, S ^a   Delaere P ^a   Crouzet, J ^a   Scherman, D ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

integrase; DNA vaccine; Gene therapy; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; INTEGRASE; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RABBIT; REPORTER GENE; SAFETY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RABBITS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0033023054     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300816     Document Type: Article

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