A versatile assay to study cellular uptake of gene transfer complexes by flow cytometry

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1474, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-243

  Ogris, M ^a   Wagner, E ^a,b   Steinlein, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Gene transfer; Internalization; TOTO 3; YOYO 1

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL STRAIN K 562; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CELL ADHESION; DNA; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; POLYAMINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034611773     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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