Medicinal chemistry of plasmid DNA with peptide nucleic acids: A new strategy for gene therapy

Letters in Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 309-323

  Zelphati, Olivier ^a   Felgner, Jiin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Liang, Xiaowu ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Felgner, Philip ^a  

^a Genlantis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA; DNA VACCINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGAND; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN; SUGAR; TRANSPORTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONJUGATE; CYTOPLASM; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 11144336659     PISSN: 09295666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02484566     Document Type: Article

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