Mesoporous silica nanoparticles deliver DNA and chemicals into plants

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 295-300

  Torney, François ^a   Trewyn, Brian G ^b   Lin, Victor S Y ^b   Wang, Kan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CYTOLOGY; DNA; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMETALS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANIMAL CELLS; CHEMICAL INDUCERS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; MULTI-FUNCTIONALIZATION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

NANOPARTICLE; PLANT DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COATED PARTICLE; GENE GUN; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MATERIAL COATING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 34250001748     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.108     Document Type: Article

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