Fusogenic effects of murine retroviruses and cationic enhancers of transduction

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-58

  Xu, Guoping ^a   Solaiman, Fauzia ^a   Zink, Mary Ann ^a   Hodgson, Clague P ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Gene therapy; Retrovirus; Syncytia; Vector

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; HEXADIMETHRINE BROMIDE; LIPOFECTAMINE; POLYCATION;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SERUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNCYTIUM; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; GIBBON APE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HYLOBATES SP.; MURINAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0033953319     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700095     Document Type: Article

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