Serum as a modulator of lipoplex-mediated gene transfection: Dependence of amphiphile, cell type and complex stability

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 465-476

  Audouy, Sandrine ^a   Molema, Grietje ^a   De Leij, Lou ^a   Hoekstra, Dick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cationic lipid; Gene delivery; Gene expression; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Serum

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIELAIDOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; 1,2 DIOLEOYL GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE; 1,2-DIELAIDOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; 1,2-DIOLEOYL-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE; DNA; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; N (1 (2,3 DIOLEYLOXY)PROPYL) N,N,N TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; N-(1-(2,3-DIOLEYLOXY)PROPYL)-N,N,N-TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOTOPROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SAINT 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034332270     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-2254(200011/12)2:6<465::AID-JGM141>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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