An electron microscopy study into the mechanism of gene transfer with lipopolyamines

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1010-1017

  Labat Moleur, F ^a   Steffan, A M ^b   Brisson, C ^c   Perron, H ^d   Feugeas, O ^e   Furstenberger, P ^e   Oberling, F ^e   Brambilla, E ^a   Behr, J P ^c,f  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d Eurothera and Inst d'Hematologie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f Faculte de Pharmacie   (France)

Author keywords

Cationic lipids; Endocytosis; Transfection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MICELLE; MONOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMIDS; POLYAMINES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029857893     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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