Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as a novel gene carrier

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Zhu, S H ^a   Huang, B Y ^b   Zhou, K C ^b   Huang, S P ^b   Liu, F ^b   Li, Y M ^b   Xue, Z G ^b   Long, Z G ^b  

^a THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium hydrophosphate; Calcium nitrate; Gene carrier; Gene transfer; Hydroxyapatite; Lipofectmine TM 2000; Nanoparticles; Precipitation hydrothermal technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644760240     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:nano.0000034721.06473.23     Document Type: Article

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