Cell-specific nuclear import of plasmid DNA

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1006-1014

  Vacik, J ^a   Dean, B S ^a   Zimmer, W E ^a,b   Dean, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell specificity; Non viral vectors; Nuclear import; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PLASMID DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLONING VECTOR; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TRANSFER; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0033047861     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300924     Document Type: Article

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