(LYS)16-based reducible polycations provide stable polyplexes with anionic fusogenic peptides and efficient gene delivery to post mitotic cells

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1770, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1331-1337

  Parker, Alan L ^a   Eckley, Lorna ^a   Singh, Surjeet ^b   Preece, Jon A ^b   Collins, Louise ^a   Fabre, John W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusogenic peptide; Lysine; Non viral gene delivery; Nuclear translocation; Post mitotic cell; Reducible polycation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUSOGENIC PEPTIDE; LYSINE; MONOMER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYCATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORNEA; G0 PHASE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NANOPARTICLES; PEPTIDES; POLYAMINES; POLYLYSINE; RABBITS;

EID: 34547865358     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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