Johanna Laakkonen

26. 9. 2008
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä

Intracellular Delivery of Baculovirus and Strepavidin-based Vectors in vitro - Towards Novel Therapeutic Applications

Reviewers:

Professor Jyrki Heino, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku

Adjunct professor Maarit Suomalainen, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Opponent:

Professor Ari Helenius, Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland

Publications:

  1. Matilainen H, Rinne J (Laakkonen JP), Gilbert L, Marjomäki V, Reunanen H, Oker-Blom C. (2005) Baculovirus entry into human hepatoma cells. J Virol. 79:15452-9
  2. Laakkonen JP, Mäkelä AR, Kakkonen E, Peränen J, Kukkonen S, Ylä-Herttuala S, Airenne KJ, Oker-Blom C, Vihinen-Ranta M, Marjomäki V. (2008) Baculovirus Utilizes Phagocytosis-like Entry for Efficient Transduction in Human Cells. Submitted manuscript.
  3. Rinne J (Laakkonen JP), Albarran B, Jylhävä J, Ihalainen TO, Kankaanpää P, Hytönen VP, Stayton PS, Kulomaa MS & Vihinen-Ranta M. (2007) Internalization of novel non-viral vector TAT-streptavidin into human cells. BMC Biotechnol. 7:1.
  4. Laakkonen JP, Kaikkonen M, Ronkainen PHA, Ihalainene TO, Niskanen EA, Häkkinen M, Salminen M, Kulomaa MS, Ylä-Herttuala S, Airenne KJ & Vihinen-Ranta M. (2008) Baculovirus-mediated Immediate Early Gene Expression and Nuclear Reorganization in Human Cells. Cell Microbiol. 10:667-81