Physicochemical properties and in vitro toxicity of cationic liposome cDNA complexes

Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 215-223

  Schreier, Hans ^a   Gagné, Lucie ^a   Bock, Thomas ^b   Erdos, Gregory W ^c   Druzgala, Pascal ^a   Conary, Jon T ^a   Müller, Bernd W ^b  

^a Advanced Therapies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Gene therapy; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; GENE THERAPY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMID; SURFACE CHARGE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TOXICITY TESTING; ZETA POTENTIAL;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG STABILITY; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMIDS; PLATELET AGGREGATION;

EID: 0030669761     PISSN: 00316865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-6865(97)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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