Genetically engineered polymers: Status and prospects for controlled release

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Haider, Mohamed ^a   Megeed, Zaki ^a,c   Ghandehari, Hamidreza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Gene delivery; Genetic engineering; Protein based polymers; Stimuli sensitive

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PROTEINS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PROTEIN-BASED POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

AMINO ACID; COPOLYMER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOCHROME C; DAZMEGREL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; ELASTIN; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; FIBRONECTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXYL GROUP; LEUCINE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MONOMER; NALTREXONE; NORGESTREL; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER; SCARLET RED; SILICON; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHELATION; CHIMERA; CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENCAPSULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEL; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOGNITION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SILK; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0842287605     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2003.11.011     Document Type: Review

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