Transgene expression in the guinea pig cochlea mediated by a lentivirus- derived gene transfer vector

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1867-1873

  Han, Jay J ^a   Mhatre, Anand N ^a   Wareing, Michael ^a   Pettis, Robert ^a   Gao, Wei Qiang ^b   Zufferey, Romain N ^c   Trono, Didier ^c   Lalwani, Anil K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratory of Molecular Otology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GUINEA PIG; LENTIVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERILYMPH; REPORTER GENE; SPIRAL GANGLION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCHLEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; LENTIVIRUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; LENTIVIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033587489     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10430349950017545     Document Type: Article

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