Polycation-Based DNA Complexes for Tumor-Targeted Gene Delivery in vivo

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Kircheis, Ralf ^a   Schüller, Susanne ^b   Brunner, Sylvia ^b   Ogris, Manfred ^b   Heider, Karl Heinz ^a   Zauner, Wolfgang ^b   Wagner, Ernst ^a,b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; In vivo gene transfer; Polyethylenimine; Tumor targeting

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE;

CANCER VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; POLYAMINE; POLYCATIONS;

A J MOUSE; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DBA MOUSE; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MOUSE; PARTICLE SIZE; REPORTER GENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CANCER VACCINES; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED DBA; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYAMINES; TRANSFECTION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0033084717     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-2254(199903/04)1:2<111::aid-jgm22>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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