A polycistronic retrovirus vector for expression of swine MHC class II DRα/β heterodimers

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-173

  Banerjee, Papia T ^a   Kaynor, G Campbell ^a   Muthukumar, Shanthini ^a   Denaro, Maria ^a   Shimada, Hideaki ^b   Zhu, Shaochun ^a   Rosa, Margaret D ^a   Sachs, David H ^b   LeGuern, Christian ^b  

^a BioTransplant Inc   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Polycistronic retrovirus vector; Retrovirus; Swine MHC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344689717     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.1997.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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