Functionalized silicon quantum dots tailored for targeted siRNA delivery

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-168

  Klein, S ^a   Zolk, O ^a   Fromm, M F ^a   Schrodl F ^a,b   Neuhuber, W ^a   Kryschi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caco 2 cells; MDR1; P glycoprotein; Silicon quantum dots; siRNA delivery

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; QUANTUM DOT; RHODAMINE 123; SILICON; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ABCB1 GENE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CACO-2 CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; QUANTUM DOTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SILICON; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 67651045782     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.144     Document Type: Article

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