Nonviral Gene Therapy: The Promise of Genes as Pharmaceutical Products

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1129-1144

  Ledley, Fred D ^a  

^a GeneMedicine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; LIPID; LIPOSOME; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; TUMOR CELL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMAL; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMAN; LIGANDS; LIPOSOMES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029147628     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: 15577422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1995.6.9-1129     Document Type: Article

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