In vivo electroporation and ubiquitin promoter - A protocol for sustained gene expression in the lung

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 910-918

  Gazdhar, Amiq ^a   Bilici, Murat ^a   Pierog, Jaroslaw ^a   Ayuni, Erick L ^a   Gugger, Mathias ^b   Wetterwald, Antoinette ^b   Cecchini, Marco ^a   Schmid, Ralph Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In vivo electroporation; Prolonged gene expression; Ubiquitin promoter

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; LUCIFERASE; OXYGEN; PLASMID DNA; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SAFETY; SUSPENSION; THORACOTOMY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUNG; MALE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; UBIQUITIN C;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 33746238252     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.911     Document Type: Article

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