Improved safety and titre of murine leukaemia virus (MLV)-based retroviral vectors

Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 300-305

  Zhao, Y ^a   Low, W ^a   Collins, M K L ^a  

^a Department of Immunology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Retroviral vector; Retrovirus; RNA packaging

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; GENES, GAG; GENETIC VECTORS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MICE; RNA, VIRAL;

LEUKAEMIA VIRUS; MASON-PFIZER MONKEY VIRUS; MONKEY VIRUS; MURINAE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0033997994     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301081     Document Type: Article

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