Fetal gene transfer by transuterine injection of cationic liposome-DNA complexes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1188-1192

  Gaensler, Karin M L ^a   Tu, Guanhuan ^b   Bruch, Steven ^a   Liggitt, Denny ^c   Lipshutz, Gerald S ^a   Metkus, Andrea ^a   Harrison, Michael ^a   Heath, Timothy D ^d   Debs, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Fetus; Gene therapy; Gene transfer; In utero

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LIPOSOME; PLASMID VECTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032764551     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70729     Document Type: Article

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