Nuclear import of polypeptides, polynucleotides and supramolecular complexes

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-64

  Pouton, Colin W ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene delivery; Gene therapy; Nuclear import; Nuclear localization signal (NLS); Proteins; Viruses

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MACROMOLECULES; MASS TRANSFER; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

GENE THERAPY; POLYNUCLEOTIDES;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC RECEPTOR; DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0032487345     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(98)00050-7     Document Type: Review

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