Plasmid condensation induced by cationic compounds: Hydrophilic polylysine and amphiphilic cationic lipid

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Chaszczewska Markowska, Monika ^a   Ugorski, Maciej ^a   Langner, Marek ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Academic Centre for the Biotechnology of Lipid Aggregates   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cationic Lipid; DNA Condensation; Polylysine

Indexed keywords

CATION; POLYLYSINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; HYDROPHILICITY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PLASMID; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 2342442253     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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