Stabilized plasmid-lipid particles for regional gene therapy: Formulation and transfection properties

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1438-1447

  Zhang, Y P ^a   Sekirov, L ^a   Saravolac, E G ^a   Wheeler, J J ^a   Tardi, P ^a   Clow, K ^a   Leng, E ^a   Sun, R ^a   Cullis, P R ^a,b   Scherrer, P ^a,b  

^a Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer gene therapy; Cationic lipid; Detergent dialysis; Liposomes; Non viral gene delivery; Plasmid encapsulation

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; LIPID; MACROGOL; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; DIALYSIS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032858150     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300965     Document Type: Article

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