Role of calcium in gene delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Kulkarni, Vijay I ^a   Shenoy, Vikram S ^a   Dodiya, Shamsunder S ^a   Rajyaguru, Tushar H ^a   Murthy, Rayasa R ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate; Co precipitate; Liposomes; Nanoparticles; Nonviral vectors; Plasmid; Transfection; Viral vectors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SALT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CYCLODEXTRIN; DENDRIMER; DNA; INSULIN; LIPOPLEX; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION; POLYASPARTIC ACID; POLYCATION; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLLOID; COST OF ILLNESS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROINJECTION; NANOPARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DNA; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PRECIPITATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33644756411     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.3.2.235     Document Type: Review

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