Herpes simplex viral and amplicon vector-mediated gene transfer into glia and neurons in organotypic spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion cultures

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 464-478

  Marsh, Daniel R ^a,b   Dekaban, Gregory A ^a,b   Tan, Wei ^a,b,c   Strathdee, Craig A ^a,b   Weaver, Lynne C ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; N methyl D aspartic acid receptor; Spinal cord; galactosidase expression

Indexed keywords

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GLIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVES; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0034185864     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0061     Document Type: Article

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