A versatile linker for nontoxic polyamine-mediated DNA transfection

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Niedzinski, Edmund J ^a   Fujii, Scott K ^b   Lizarzaburu, Mike E ^a   Hecker, James G ^b   Nantz, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Lipoplex; Pentaerythritol; Polyamine; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOFECTAMINE; LIPOSOME; LUCIFERASE; PENTAERYTHRITOL; PLASMID DNA; POLYAMINE; REAGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA TRANSFECTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036664773     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2002.0645     Document Type: Article

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