Transfection properties of stabilized plasmid-lipid particles containing cationic PEG lipids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1611, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 204-216

  Palmer, Lorne R ^a,b   Chen, Tao ^a   Lam, Angela M I ^a   Fenske, David B ^a   Wong, Kim F ^a   MacLachlan, Ian ^b   Cullis, Pieter R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Protiva Biotherapeutics   (Canada)

^c Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Gene therapy; Intracellular delivery; Liposome; SPLP

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MACROGOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 0037377283     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(03)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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