Hypothesis: Naked plasmid DNA is taken up by cells in vivo by a receptor-mediated process

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-88

  Budker, Vladimir ^a   Budker, Tatayana ^a   Zhang, Guofeng ^a   Subbotin, Vladimir ^b   Loomis, Aaron ^c   Wolff, Jon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mirus Bio Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Liver; Muscle; Plasma membrane receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; POLYANIONS; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSFER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0034152996     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-2254(200003/04)2:2<76::AID-JGM97>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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