DNA-loaded albumin microbubbles enhance ultrasound-mediated transfection in vitro

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 817-822

  Frenkel, Peter A ^a,b   Chen, Shuyuan ^a   Thai, To ^a   Shohet, Ralph V ^a   Grayburn, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Microbubbles; Ultrasound; Ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CELL CULTURE; DNA;

OPTIMAL TRANSFECTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALBUMIN; PLASMID DNA; ALBUMINOID; DNA; LUCIFERASE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASE; MICROSPHERES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; LUCIFERASES;

EID: 0036020090     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00518-5     Document Type: Article

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