Water-soluble, meso-substituted cationic porphyrins - A family of compounds for cellular delivery of oligonucleotides

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 736-746

  Flynn, S M ^a   George, S T ^a   White, L ^a   Devonish, W ^a   Takle, G B ^a,b  

^a Innovir Laboratories   (United States)

^b C/o VIMRx Pharmaceuticals ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0032962936     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99264rr03     Document Type: Article

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