Transfer of YACs up to 2.3 Mb intact into human cells with polyethylenimine

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1634-1637

  Marschall, P ^a   Malik, N ^a   Larin, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA condensation; Poly L lysine; Polyethylenimine; Transfection; Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; POLYCATION; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENDOSOME; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0032826310     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300975     Document Type: Article

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