Self-assemblies of enzymatically degradable amphiphilic oligopeptides as nonviral gene carrier

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1349-1353

  Hashimoto, Tomoko ^a,b   Iwase, Reiko ^b,c   Murakami, Akira ^b   Yamaoka, Tetsuji ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular weight; Oligopeptide; Polymeric gene carrier; Self assembly; Stability

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CORE/SHELL; DRIVING FORCES; GENE CARRIER; GENE TRANSFECTION; GPC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; LEUCINE RESIDUES; NONVIRAL; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYMERIC GENE CARRIER; PROMISING MATERIALS; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

AMINES; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 67650245062     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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