Towards biomedical applications for nucleic acid nanodevices

Nanomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-830

  Simmel, Friedrich C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Controlled release; DNA nanotechnology; Molecular devices; RNA interference; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; APTAMER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DRUG CARRIER; MICRORNA; NANOMATERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID; PEGAPTANIB; POLYMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFERRIN POLYETHYLENEIMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOSENSOR; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANODEVICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; NANOMEDICINE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 38049188314     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17435889.2.6.817     Document Type: Review

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