Influence of disulfide density and molecular weight on disulfide cross-linked polyethylenimine as gene vectors

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Peng, Qi ^a   Hu, Chu ^a   Cheng, Juan ^a   Zhong, Zhenlin ^a   Zhuo, Renxi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; EFFICIENCY; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DISULFIDE CROSS-LINKS; GENE VECTORS; N:P RATIO; POLY(ETHYLENIMINE); POLYPLEXES; RING OPENING REACTION; THIIRANES; THIOL GROUPS; THIOLATION; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISULFIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; THIOL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CHO CELL; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RING OPENING;

EID: 62549143061     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc800451j     Document Type: Article

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