Peptide-based gene delivery

Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 226-243

  Mahato, Ram I ^a   Monera, Oscar D ^b   Smith, Louis C ^b   Rolland, Alain ^b  

^a Copernicus Therapeutics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Urigen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PH; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0033042567     PISSN: 14648431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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