Sustained enhancement of liposome-mediated gene delivery and gene expression in human breast tumour cells by ionizing radiation

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-223

  Jain, P T ^a   Gewirtz, D A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOSOME; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; LUCIFERASES; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033029512     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530099140672     Document Type: Article

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