Enhancement by polylysine of transient, but not stable, expression of genes carried into cells by polyoma VP1 pseudocapsids

Gene Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1410-1419

  Soeda, E ^a   Krauzewicz, N ^a   Cox, C ^a   Stokrova J ^b   Forstova J ^c   Griffin, B E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA complexes; Gene delivery; Polycations; Polyomavirus; Pseudofection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PLASMID DNA; POLYCATION; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 0031728070     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300748     Document Type: Article

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