Biodegradable polymer matrices for the sustained exogenous delivery of a biologically active c-myc hammerhead ribozyme

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Hudson, Andrew J ^a   Lewis, Karen J ^a   Rao, M Vaman ^b   Akhtar, Saghir ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cruachem Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisense; Biodegradable polymer; Drug delivery; Hammerhead ribozyme; Oligonucleotide; Poly (L lactic acid); Release profile; Stability; Sustained release

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0029938916     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(96)04474-2     Document Type: Article

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