Amphiphilic core-shell nanoparticles with poly(ethylenimine) shells as potential gene delivery carriers

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Zhu, Junmin ^a   Tang, Angie ^a   Law, Lai Pang ^a   Feng, Min ^a   Ho, Kin Man ^a   Lee, Daniel K L ^a   Harris, Frank W ^b   Li, Pei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); PARTICLE SIZE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZETA POTENTIAL;

AMPHIPHILICS; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DELIVERY CARRIERS; GENE DELIVERY; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; PLASMID DNA; POLY(ETHYLENIMINE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY-METHYL METHACRYLATES; SYNTHESISED;

CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES;

AMPHOPHILE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 12344291244     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc049895l     Document Type: Article

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