Alphavirus vectors as tools in cancer gene therapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-88

  Lundstrom, Kenneth ^a  

^a Regulon Inc   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; PROTEIN A; RNA; TUMOR VACCINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ALPHA VIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS VECTOR; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CANCER MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DNA VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0038334869     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460200100111     Document Type: Review

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