Branched cationic peptides for gene delivery: Role of type and number of cationic residues in formation and in vitro activity of DNA polyplexes

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-332

  Plank, Christian ^a,b   Tang, Mary X ^a,c   Wolfe, Alan R ^a   Szoka Jr , Francis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute Experimental Surgery   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CHLOROQUINE; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PHOSPHATE; POLYLYSINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STRAIN K 562; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CATIONS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEIN; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0033585470     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10430349950019101     Document Type: Article

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