Highly branched HK peptides are effective carriers of siRNA

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 977-986

  Leng, Qixin ^a   Scaria, Puthupparampil ^b   Zhu, Jingsong ^a   Ambulos, Nicholas ^a   Campbell, Patricia ^a   Mixson, A James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Intradigm Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Histidine; Lysine; Nonviral; Peptide; siRNA

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOPOLYMER; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DRUG CARRIER; HISTIDINE; INTEGRIN; LIPOFECTAMINE; LUCIFERASE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RNA TRANSPORT; SURFACE CHARGE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ZETA POTENTIAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG CARRIERS; HISTIDINE; LIPIDS; LYSINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 22544476560     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.748     Document Type: Article

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