In vivo gene electrotransfer into skeletal muscle: Effects of plasmid DNA on the occurrence and extent of muscle damage

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 809-816

  Durieux, Anne Cécile ^a   Bonnefoy, Régis ^a,b   Busso, Thierry ^a   Freyssenet, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b Electronique/Informatique du Pilat ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gene therapy; In vivo; Non viral gene delivery; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 4644275773     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.534     Document Type: Article

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