Transferrin-facilitated lipofection gene delivery strategy: Characterization of the transfection complexes and intracellular trafficking

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1991-2004

  Joshee, Nirmal ^a   Bastola, Dhundy R ^a   Cheng, Pi Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GOLD; LIPOFECTIN; LIPOSOME; TRANSFERRIN; 1,2 DIELAIDOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; 1,2-DIELAIDOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; TEXAS RED; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GOLD; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XANTHENES;

EID: 0036430305     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10430340260355392     Document Type: Article

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