Semliki Forest virus-based expression for versatile use in receptor research

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 229-240

  Lundstrom, Kenneth ^a  

^a Regulon Inc   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ion channel; Mammalian gene expression; Neuronal transduction; Receptor; Semliki Forest virus

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOST CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; TRANSFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0036972976     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/RRS-120014598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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