Experimental Hematology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 343-349 , March 2007

Adenoviral vectors for transient gene expression in human primitive hematopoietic cells: Applications and prospects

  • Marcus Järås

      Affiliations

    • Section of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund, Sweden
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  • Ann C.M. Brun

      Affiliations

    • Section of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Stefan Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • Section of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Xiaolong Fan

      Affiliations

    • Section of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund, Sweden
    • Section of Immunology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint request to: Xiaolong Fan, M.D., Ph.D., Section of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, BMC A12, 221 84 Lund, Sweden

Received 10 October 2006 ,Revised 10 October 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.11.004

Experimental Hematology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 343-349 , March 2007

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