Construction of a single-chain interleukin-12-expressing retroviral vector and its application in cytokine gene therapy against experimental coccidioidomycosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2996-3001

  Jiang, Chengyong ^a   Mitchell Magee, D ^a   Cox, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Texas Center for Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0344603636     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2996-3001.1999     Document Type: Article

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