Alphaviruses: Semliki forest virus and sindbis virus vectors for gene transfer into neurons

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.57, 2011, Pages

  Ehrengruber, Markus U ^a   Schlesinger, Sondra ^b   Lundstrom, Kenneth ^a  

^a Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade ^*  (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby hamster kidney 21 (BHK) cell; Hippocampal neuron; In vitro transcription; Semliki Forest virus; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; TRANSGENE; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS PARTICLE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; NEURONS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 84255200469     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0422s57     Document Type: Article

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