Structure-activity relationships of water-soluble cationic methacrylate/methacrylamide polymers for nonviral gene delivery

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 589-597

  Van De Wetering, Petra ^a   Moret, Ed E ^a   Schuurmans Nieuwenbroek, Nancy M E ^a   Van Steenbergen, Mies J ^a   Hennink, Wim E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXICITY; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PH; PROTONATION;

2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE; CATIONICS; CYTOSOLS; ENDOSOMES; METHACRYLAMIDES; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; PLASMID COMPLEXES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY; WATERSOLUBLE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033166988     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc980148w     Document Type: Article

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