Evaluation of various polyethylenimine formulations for light-controlled gene silencing using small interfering RNA molecules

Oligonucleotides

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Boe, Sigurd ^a,b   Longva, Ane S ^a   Hovig, Eivind ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Institute of Population based Cancer Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TETRAPHENYLPORPHINESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PHOTOCHEMICAL INTERNALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; S100 PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 47649084807     PISSN: 15454576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.2008.0131     Document Type: Article

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