Intracellular distribution and mechanism of delivery of oligonucleotides mediated by cationic lipids

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1367-1372

  Zelphati, Olivier ^a   Szoka Jr , Francis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cationic liposomes; drug delivery; gene therapy; intracellular distribution; oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOSOME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UPTAKE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOSOL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIPOSOMES; LUCIFERASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029856329     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016026101195     Document Type: Article

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