Intracellular routing of plasmid DNA during non-viral gene transfer

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 755-767

  Lechardeur, Delphine ^a   Verkman, A S ^b   Lukacs, Gergely L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasm; Diffusional mobility; Endo lysosome; Endocytosis; Lipoplex; Nuclear targeting; Plasmid DNA degradation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; METABOLISM; POLYMERS; POSITIVE IONS; VECTORS;

DNA-POLYCATION; LYSOSOMES; NON-VIRAL VECTORS; PLASMID DNA;

GENE TRANSFER;

PLASMID DNA;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYSOSOME; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; PLASMIDS;

EID: 14744297069     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2004.12.008     Document Type: Review

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