Advanced two-step transcriptional amplification as a novel method for cancer-specific gene expression and imaging

Oncology Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-775

  Watanabe, Masami ^a   Ueki, Hideo ^a   Ochiai, Kazuhiko ^a   Huang, Peng ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Nasu, Yasutomo ^a   Sasaki, Katsumi ^a   Kaku, Haruki ^a   Kashiwakura, Yuji ^a   Kumon, Hiromi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Cancer; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Imaging; Two step transcriptional amplification

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN VP16; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 79960816383     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2011.1371     Document Type: Article

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