Whole animal in vivo imaging after transient, nonviral gene delivery to the rat central nervous system

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1857-1864

  Hauck, Ellen S ^a   Zou, Shaomin ^a   Scarfo, Keith ^a   Nantz, Michael H ^b   Hecker, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LIPOPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CISTERNA MAGNA; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; LIPIDS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 54949094662     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2008.183     Document Type: Article

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