Nuclear targeting of viral and non-viral DNA

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 697-703

  Chowdhury, E H ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Importin; Non viral vectors; Nuclear localization signal; Nuclear pore; Nuclear transport; Transgene expression; Viral vectors

Indexed keywords

3 MALEIMIDOBENZOYL N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE ESTER; 4 (N MALEIMIDOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE ESTER; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; CYCLOPROPAPYRROLOINDOLE; DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LIPOSOME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLYLPROLYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLLYSYLARGINYLLYSYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASPARTYLPROLYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; STREPTAVIDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; VIRUS VECTOR;

DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 67650351062     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425240903025744     Document Type: Review

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