Novel vectors for gene delivery formed by self-assembly of DNA with poly(L-lysine) grafted with hydrophilic polymers

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1380, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-368

  Toncheva, Veska ^a   Wolfert, Margreet A ^b   Dash, Philip R ^b   Oupicky, David ^c   Ulbrich, Karel ^c   Seymour, Leonard W ^b   Schacht, Etienne H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Gene delivery; Gene therapy; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DEXTRAN; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MACROGOL; POLYLYSINE; POLY[N (2 HYDROXYETHYL)ASPARTAMIDE];

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLONING VECTOR; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0032496287     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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