Biological applications of dendrimers

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 742-748

  Cloninger, Mary J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CONCANAVALIN A; DENDRIMER; PEPTIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; POLYMER;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE THERAPY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS;

EID: 0036899037     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00400-3     Document Type: Review

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