Role of endogenous endonucleases and tissue site in transfection and CpG-mediated immune activation after naked DNA injection

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2461-2480

  Barry, Mary E ^a,b   Pinto González, Dasein ^b   Orson, Frank M ^b   McKenzie, Gregory J ^b   Petry, George R ^a   Barry, Michael A ^a,b,c  

^a CENTER FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDONUCLEASES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLES; SKIN; SPLEEN; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442761730     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10430349950016816     Document Type: Article

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