Dioleoylmelittin as a novel serum-insensitive reagent for efficient transfection of mammalian cells

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Legendre, J Y ^a,b   Trzeciak, A ^a   Bohrmann, B ^a   Deuschle, U ^a   Kitas, E ^a   Supersaxo, A ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UPSA Laboratories   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

AMPHIPATHIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CATIONIC LIPIDS; COVALENT COUPLINGS; DNA COMPLEX; GENE DELIVERY; HYBRID MOLECULES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MELITTIN; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS;

PEPTIDES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031041965     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc960076d     Document Type: Article

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