A novel minimal-size vector (MIDGE) improves transgene expression in colon carcinoma cells and avoids transfection of undesired DNA

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 793-800

  Schakowski, Frank ^a   Gorschlüter, Marcus ^a   Junghans, Claas ^b   Schroff, Matthias ^b   Buttgereit, Peter ^a   Ziske, Carsten ^a   Schöttker, Björn ^a   König Merediz, Sven A ^b   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^a   Wittig, Burghardt ^b,c   Schmidt Wolf, Ingo G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MOLOGEN AG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon carcinoma; MIDGE vector; Nonviral gene transfer; Plasmid; Transfection efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATION; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ELECTROPORATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 17844404286     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2001.0322     Document Type: Article

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