Engineering and Characterization of Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Expressing Truncated Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase

Oncolytic viruses are a promising class of anti-tumor agents; however, concerns regarding uncontrolled viral replication have led to the development of a replication-controllable oncolytic vaccinia virus (OVV). The engineering involves replacing the native <i>thymidine kinase</i> (<i&...

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Main Authors: S. M. Bakhtiar Ul Islam, Bora Lee, Fen Jiang, Eung-Kyun Kim, Soon Cheol Ahn, Tae-Ho Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/1/228