Formulations which increase the size of lipoplexes prevent serum-associated inhibition of transfection

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-40

  Turek, Joseph ^a,d   Dubertret, Catherine ^a   Jaslin, Gabrielle ^a   Antonakis, Kostas ^b   Scherman, Daniel ^a   Pitard, Bruno ^a,c  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c College of Medicine ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic lipid; Colloidal stability; In vitro transfection; Lamellar domains

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA; LIPID; LUCIFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPORTER GENE;

3T3 CELLS; ACYLATION; ANIMALS; CATIONS; CELL LINE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; LIPIDS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PLASMIDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033643935     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-2254(200001/02)2:1<32::AID-JGM78>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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