Quantum dots to monitor RNAi delivery and improve gene silencing

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Alice A ^a   Derfus, Austin M ^b   Khetani, Salman R ^a,b   Bhatia, Sangeeta N ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; QUANTUM DOTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31144448577     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni188     Document Type: Article

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