Chemistry and cellular aspects of cationic facial amphiphiles

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 61-71

  Walker, Suzanne ^a   Sofia, Michael J ^b   Axelrod, Helena R ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Transcell Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense therapy; DNA delivery agents; Gene therapy; Transfection

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTISENSE THERAPY; DNA DELIVERY AGENTS; GENE THERAPY; TRANSFECTION;

DRUG THERAPY;

PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032473480     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(97)00107-5     Document Type: Review

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