Gene gun transfection of human glioma and melanoma cell lines with genes encoding human IL-12 and GM-CSF

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-30

  Gainer, Anita L ^a   Young, Annie T L ^a   Parney, Ian F ^a   Petruk, Kenneth C ^a   Elliott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene gun; Glioma; GM CSF; IL 12; Melanoma; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE GUN; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA CELL; REPORTER GENE; TUMOR CELL LINE; VACCINATION;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GLIOMA; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; MELANOMA; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033910235     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006431018563     Document Type: Article

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