Nuclear entry of nonviral vectors

Gene Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 881-890

  Dean, D A ^a   Strong, D D ^b   Zimmer, W E ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonviral gene transfer; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear import; Nuclear localization signal; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LIPOPLEX; NAKED DNA; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MITOSIS; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TARGET CELL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 20744435177     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302534     Document Type: Review

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