Studies on aerosol delivery of plasmid DNA using a mesh nebulizer

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 939-955

  Arulmuthu, Eugene R ^a,b   Williams, David J ^a   Baldascini, Helen ^b   Versteeg, Henk K ^a   Hoare, Mike ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Design; Hydrodynamic forces; Imaging; Nebulizer; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; NEBULIZER; PLASMID DNA;

DNA SEQUENCES;

PLASMID DNA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUID FLOW; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEBULIZER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMINES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 36749091800     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21493     Document Type: Article

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