Adenovirus-mediated Bak gene transfer induces apoptosis in mesothelioma cell lines

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-67

  Pataer, Abujiang ^a   Smythe, W Roy ^a   Yu, Robert ^a   Fang, Bingliang ^a   McDonnell, Tim ^b   Roth, Jack A ^a   Swisher, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESOTHELIOMA; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035144922     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111419     Document Type: Article

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