Mechanisms of gene transfer mediated by lipoplexes associated with targeting ligands or pH-sensitive peptides

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1798-1807

  Simoes S ^a,b,c   Slepushkin, V ^a,d   Pires, P ^a,c,e   Gaspar, R ^b,c   Pedroso De Lima, M C ^c,e   Duzgunes N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d VIRxSYS Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Endocytosis; GALA; Gene delivery; Transfection; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

APOTRANSFERRIN; LIPOSOME; PEPTIDE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0342265531     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301015     Document Type: Article

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