Cationic gold microparticles for biolistic delivery of nucleic acids

BioTechniques

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-540

  Svarovsky, Sergie ^a   Borovkov, Alexandre ^a   Sykes, Kathryn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC GOLD MICROPARTICLE; DNA; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; NAKED DNA; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSPORT; SURFACE CHARGE; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CATIONS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUCIFERASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 57349168770     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112991     Document Type: Article

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