Liver-directed gene transfer: A linear polyethylenimine derivative mediates highly efficient DNA delivery to primary hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Chemin, I ^a,c   Moradpour, D ^a   Wieland, S ^a,d   Offensperger, W B ^a   Walter, E ^a,e   Behr, J P ^b   Blum, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Innere Abteilung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide; Pekin duck; Tupaia belangeri

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DUCK; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; INSECTIVORE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DUCKS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031795974     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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