Synthetic polymers for vectorial delivery of DNA: Characterisation of polymer-DNA complexes by photon correlation spectroscopy and stability to nuclease degradation and disruption by polyanions in vitro

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Dash, Philip R ^a   Toncheva, Veska ^b   Schacht, Etienne ^b   Seymour, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Gene therapy; Polymeric vector; Self assembling

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DNA; MACROGOL; NUCLEASE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030865986     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(97)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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