Controlled production of active cathepsin D in retinal pigment epithelial cells following adenovirus-mediated gene delivery

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 476-484

  Lai, Chooi May ^b   Robertson, Terry ^b   Papadimitriou, John ^b   Shen, Wei Yong ^b   Daw, Natalie ^a   Constable, Ian J ^b   Rakoczy, Piroska E ^a  

^a LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cathepsin D regulation; Recombinant adenovirus gene delivery

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE;

CATHEPSIN D; ENZYME PRECURSOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; TRANSGENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN D; CELL LINE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034321920     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0195     Document Type: Article

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