Evaluation of transfection protocols for unmodified and modified peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers

Oligonucleotides

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-57

  Rasmussen, Frank Winther ^a,b   Bendifallah, Nadia ^c   Zachar, Vladimir ^d   Shiraishi, Takehiko ^c   Fink, Trine ^d   Ebbesen, Peter ^d   Nielsen, Peter E ^c   Koppelhus, Uffe ^c,d  

^a Santaris Pharma AS   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE; ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; DECANOIC ACID; EXGEN 500; LIPID; LIPOFECTAMINE; LUCIFERASE; OLIGOMER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; PORPHYRIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPAIR; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL COUNT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LUCIFERASES; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33645825629     PISSN: 15454576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.2006.16.43     Document Type: Article

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