Biophysical characterization of an integrin-targeted lipopolyplex gene delivery vector

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 12930-12944

  Mustapa, M Firouz Mohd ^a   Bell, Paul C ^a   Hurley, Christopher A ^a,e   Nicol, Alastair ^b   Guénin, Erwann ^a,f   Sarkar, Supti ^a   Writer, Michele J ^d   Barker, Susie E ^d   Wong, John B ^a   Pilkington Miksa, Michael A ^a   Papahadjopoulos Sternberg, Brigitte ^c   Shamlou, Parviz Ayazi ^g   Hailes, Helen C ^a   Hart, Stephen L ^d   Zicha, Daniel ^b   Tabor, Alethea B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NanoAnalytical Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Argenta Discovery Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS/LCSB/UMR 7033   (France)

^g ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; DNA; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPIDS; STOICHIOMETRY;

FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY (FCS); LIPOPOLYPLEX SYNTHETIC VECTOR; MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL;

GENES;

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; INTEGRIN; LIPID; LIPOFECTIN; PEPTIDE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE VECTOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; DNA; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRINS; LIGHT; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 36049037931     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701014y     Document Type: Article

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