Expression characteristics of dual-promoter lentiviral vectors targeting retinal photoreceptors and müller cells

Molecular Vision

Volumn 16, Issue , 2010, Pages 916-934

  Semple Rowland, Susan L ^a   Coggin, William E ^a   Geesey, Mero ^a   Eccles, Kristofer S ^a   Abraham, Leah ^a   Pachigar, Krunal ^a   Ludlow, Rachel ^a   Khani, Shahrokh C ^b   Smith, W Clay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NEURAL RETINA LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GANGLION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA CONE; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINA; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS;

EID: 77955629913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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