Glycofection™ in the Presence of Anionic Fusogenic Peptides: A Study of the Parameters Affecting the Peptide-Mediated Enhancement of the Transfection Efficiency

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-143

  Kichler, Antoine ^b,c   Freulon, Isabelle ^a,d   Boutin, Valérie ^a,d   Mayer, Roger ^a   Monsigny, Michel ^a,e   Midoux, Patrick ^a,f  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^c Assoc pour la Rech sur le Cancer   (France)

^d MENESRT ^*

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Amphipathic peptides; Gene transfer; Membrane permeabilization; Polylysine

Indexed keywords

ANION; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIONS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033084706     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-2254(199903/04)1:2<134::aid-jgm17>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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