Plasmid biopharmaceuticals

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Prazeres, Duarte Miguel F ^a   Monteiro, Gabriel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; DRUG CARRIER;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG CARRIERS; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 84959173669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.plas-0022-2014     Document Type: Article

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