Cationic lipid-mediated gene delivery to murine lung: Correlation of lipid hydration with in vivo transfection activity

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 4069-4078

  Bennett, Michael J ^a   Aberle, Alfred M ^a   Balasubramaniam, Rajiv P ^a   Malone, Jill G ^a   Malone, Robert W ^a,b   Nantz, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYDRATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; LIPIDS; LUNG; MICE; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031443122     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm970155q     Document Type: Article

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