Transcriptional targeting for ovarian cancer gene therapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-237

  Casado, E ^a,b   Nettelbeck, D M ^a,b   Gomez Navarro, J ^a,b   Hemminki, A ^a,b   Gonzalez Baron, M ^c   Siegal, G P ^b,d   Barnes, M N ^e   Alvarez, R D ^b,e   Curiel, D T ^a,b  

^a and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Ovarian cancer; Transcriptional targeting; Tumor specific promoters

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; LIPOSOME; MATRILYSIN; MIDKINE; MUCIN; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THYMIDINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SUICIDE GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034904338     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2001.6305     Document Type: Review

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