In vitro gene delivery by degraded polyamidoamine dendrimers

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 703-714

  Tang, Mary X ^a,b   Redemann, Carl T ^a   Szoka Jr , Francis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; DENDRIMERS; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CATIONICS; CULTURED CELL; GENE DELIVERY; IN-VITRO; POLYAMIDOAMINE DENDRIMERS; POLYAMIDOAMINES; PRIMARY AMINES; STARBURST DENDRIMER; TERTIARY AMINE; TRANSFECTION ACTIVITY;

DNA;

EID: 0030293017     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc9600630     Document Type: Article

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