Trans-splicing ribozymes for targeted gene delivery

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1935-1950

  Köhler, Uwe ^a   Ayre, Brian G ^a   Goodman, Howard M ^b   Haseloff, Jim ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; CMV; Gene therapy; HIV; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRON; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0142102891     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2447     Document Type: Article

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