Gene delivery with low molecular weight linear polyethylenimines

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1287-1298

  Breunig, Miriam ^a   Lungwitz, Uta ^a   Liebl, Renate ^a   Fontanari, Cluadia ^a   Klar, Juergen ^a   Kurtz, Armin ^a   Blunk, Torsten ^a   Goepferich, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Endolysosomal escape capacity; Flow cytometry; Low molecular weight linear polyethylenimines; Nuclear entry

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LYSOSOME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA; DRUG CARRIERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MACROLIDES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SUCROSE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644460875     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.775     Document Type: Article

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