Efficient gene delivery using reconstituted chromatin enhanced for nuclear targeting

FASEB Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2232-2242

  Wagstaff, Kylie M ^a   Fan, Jun Y ^b   De Jesus, Michelle A ^a   Tremethick, David J ^b   Jans, David A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Histone; NLS; Protein transduction

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2B; KARYOPHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 46849092201     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-099911     Document Type: Article

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