Factors Influencing the Ability of Nuclear Localization Sequence Peptides to Enhance Nonviral Gene Delivery

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-161

  Bremner, K Helen ^a,d   Seymour, Leonard W ^b   Logan, Ann ^c   Read, Martin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; T-CELLS; VIRUSES;

CONDITION; HUMAN T CELLS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; NONVIRAL GENE TRANSFER; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SEQUENCES; PROPERTY; T-CELL LEUKEMIA; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

PEPTIDES;

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KARYOPHERIN BETA BINDING PEPTIDE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SEQUENCE PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYLYSINE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONJUGATE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID CLAMP; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0842328407     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc034140k     Document Type: Article

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