Non-viral gene delivery regulated by stiffness of cell adhesion substrates

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 460-464

  Kong, Hyun Joon ^a   Liu, Jodi ^b   Riddle, Kathryn ^b   Matsumoto, Takuya ^a   Leach, Kent ^a   Mooney, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CONDENSATION; DNA; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGELS; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATES;

CELL PROLIFERATIONS; FLUORESCENT RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET) TECHNIQUES; GREEN EMISSIONS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES;

GENE TRANSFER;

DRUG VEHICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELASTICITY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HYDROGEL; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; VEHICLES;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELASTICITY; GENE THERAPY; HYDROGELS; MICE; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; TRANSFECTION; VEHICLES;

EID: 20144373766     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1392     Document Type: Article

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