Biophysical and structural characterization of polyethylenimine-mediated siRNA delivery in vitro

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1868-1876

  Richards Grayson, Amy C ^a   Doody, Anne M ^a   Putnam, David ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Luciferases; Polyethylenimine; RNA interference; Small interfering RNA; Transfection

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33746871883     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-9009-2     Document Type: Article

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