Lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer in adult mouse photoreceptors is impaired by the presence of a physical barrier

Gene Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 942-947

  Gruter O ^a   Kostic, C ^a   Crippa, S V ^a   Perez, M T R ^b   Zografos, L ^a   Schorderet, D F ^c   Munier, F L ^a   Arsenijevic, Y ^a  

^a University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Institut de Recherche en Opthalmologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Lentivirus; Neuraminidase; Retina

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EYE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; INJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; RODENT; SUBRETINAL FLUID; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; NEURAMINIDASE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; LENTIVIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 20744444135     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302485     Document Type: Article

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