Growth hormone-releasing hormone plasmid treatment by electroporation decreases offspring mortality over three pregnancies

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1891-1897

  Person, Ryan ^a   Bodles Brakhop, Angela M ^b   Pope, Melissa A ^b   Brown, Patricia A ^c   Khan, Amir S ^b   Draghia Akli, Ruxandra ^b  

^a QAF Meat Industries   (Australia)

^b VGX Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^c VGX Animal Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PLASMID; PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54949134495     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2008.178     Document Type: Article

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