Rat liver-targeted naked plasmid DNA transfer by tail vein injection

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Maruyama, Hiroki ^a   Higuchi, Noboru ^b   Kameda, Shigemi ^b   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^b   Gejyo, Fumitake ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CAG promoter; Cardiac puncture; Gene transfer; Heart; Hepatocyte; Hydrodynamics based transfection; Liver; Naked plasmid DNA; Rat; Ringer's solution; SURFLO winged infusion set; Tail vein injection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; NAKED DNA; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA TRANSFECTION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INJECTION; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; RAT; STAINING; SYRINGE; VEIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TAIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344704852     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:26:2:165     Document Type: Article

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