Construction of gene therapy vectors targeting adrenocortical cells: Enhancement of activity and specificity with agents modulating the cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate pathway

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 253-262

  Chuman, Yutaka ^a,b   Zhan, Zhirong ^a   Fojo, Tito ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA VECTOR; GENE THERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUICIDE GENE; TARGET CELL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0034457809     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.1.253     Document Type: Article

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