Relationship between the expression of connexin43 and bystander effect of suicide gene therapy in ovarian cancer

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 476-479

  Zhang, Ali ^a   Wang, Quansheng ^a   Han, Zhiqiang ^a   Wu, Sufang ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Liao, Guoning ^a   Lu, Yunping ^a   Ma, Ding ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gene therapy; Ovarian neoplasms; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOLOGY; TUMORS; VIRUSES;

ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID (RA); CELL LINES; GENE EXPRESSION; THYMIDINE KINASE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CONNEXIN 43; GANCICLOVIR; RETINOIC ACID; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR; PREGNANCY; SUICIDE TRANSGENE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; GENE THERAPY; GENES, TRANSGENIC, SUICIDE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 25444482596     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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