Protamine sulfate enhances lipid-mediated gene transfer

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 961-968

  Sorgi, F L ^a,b   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Huang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Therapies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; DC Chol; Gene therapy; Liposome; Nonviral vector

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA; POLYCATION; POLYLYSINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030866647     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300484     Document Type: Article

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