Relaxin treatment of solid tumors: Effects on electric field-mediated gene delivery

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2566-2573

  Henshaw, Joshua ^a   Mossop, Brian ^a   Yuan, Fan ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DNA; RECOMBINANT RELAXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HINDLIMB; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SKINFOLD; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSGENE; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RELAXIN; TRANSGENES;

EID: 53349101490     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-08-0435     Document Type: Article

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