Labeling and Intracellular Tracking of Functionally Active Plasmid DNA with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-201

  Srinivasan, Charudharshini ^a   Lee, Jeunghoon ^b   Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios ^b   Silbart, Lawrence K ^a   Zhao, Minhua ^b   Burgess, Diane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Polymer Program   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA tracking; gene expression; labeling; nuclear staining; plasmid DNA; QD DNA conjugates; quantum dots; transfection

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NANOCRYSTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMID DNA; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHO CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR PROBES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMIDS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TRANSFECTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 33745663334     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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