Polylysine-based transfection systems utilizing receptor-mediated delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 97-113

  Zauner, Wolfgang ^a   Ogris, Manfred ^a   Wagner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNA condensation; Endosomal release; In vitro; In vivo; Nuclear trafficking; Polylysine; Receptor mediated gene transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CONDENSATION; DNA; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

DNA CONDENSATION; ENDOSOMAL RELEASE; NUCLEAR TRAFFICKING; POLYLYSINE; RECEPTOR MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANTIBODY; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CHLOROQUINE; GALACTOSE; GLYCEROL; LIGAND; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE AFFECTING AGENT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; PEPTIDE; PLASMID DNA; POLYLYSINE;

ADENOVIRUS; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOSOME; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LYSOSOME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032473410     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(97)00110-5     Document Type: Review

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