Creation of a Merkel cell polyomavirus small T antigen-expressing murine tumor model and a DNA vaccine targeting small T antigen

Cell and Bioscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gomez, Bianca ^a   He, Liangmei ^a   Tsai, Ya C ^a   Wu, T C ^a   Viscidi, Raphael P ^a   Hung, Chien Fu ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA vaccine; Gene therapy; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Small T antigen

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUSES; MURINAE; MUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 84880121159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20453701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-3-29     Document Type: Article

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