Optimization of Electroporation Parameters for the Intramuscular Delivery of Plasmids in Pigs

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 807-814

  Khan, Amir S ^a   Smith, Louis C ^a   Abruzzese, Ronald V ^a   Cummings, Kathleen K ^a   Pope, Melissa A ^a   Brown, Patricia A ^a   Draghia Akli, Ruxandra ^a,b  

^a ADViSYS Inc   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REPORTER GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TRANSGENE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLASMIDS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0346101865     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454903322625019     Document Type: Article

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