PLGA microspheres containing plasmid DNA: Preservation of supercoiled DNA via cryopreparation and carbohydrate stabilization

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Ando, Shuichi ^a   Putnam, David ^a   Pack, Daniel W ^a   Langer, Robert ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EDETIC ACID; EXCIPIENT; LACTOSE; MICROSPHERE; PLASMID DNA; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DRUG FORMULATION; EMULSION; FREEZE DRYING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MICROENCAPSULATION; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0032949618     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/js9801687     Document Type: Article

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