Fifty-one kilobase HSV-1 plasmid vector can be packaged using a helper virus-free system and supports expression in the rat brain

BioTechniques

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-106

  Wang, X ^a   Zhang, G R ^a   Yang, T ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Geller, A I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0033986717     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/00281st05     Document Type: Article

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