Protein/amphipathic polyamine complexes enable highly efficient transfection with minimal toxicity

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-147

  Budker, V ^a   Hagstrom, J E ^a   Lapina, O ^a   Eifrig, D ^a   Fritz, J ^a   Wolff, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030838926     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97231rr02     Document Type: Article

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