Implication of functional activity for determining therapeutic efficacy of suicide genes in vitro

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1913-1921

  Gopinath, P ^a   Ghosh, Siddhartha Sankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Cytosine deaminase; Fluorocytosine; Suicide gene therapy; Tumor cells; Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH; CELL LINES; CELL-VIABILITY; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CURCUMIN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA FRAGMENTATIONS; ENZYMATIC CONVERSIONS; FLUOROCYTOSINE; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES; IN-VITRO; PRODRUG; RETENTION PROFILES; REVERSE-PHASE HPLC; SUICIDE GENE THERAPY; TUMOR CELLS; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

CELLS;

CURCUMIN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUICIDE TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CURCUMIN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, TRANSGENIC, SUICIDE; GENETIC VECTORS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 52449108693     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9787-1     Document Type: Article

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