Laser-activated gene silencing via gold nanoshell-siRNA conjugates

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2007-2015

  Braun, Gary B ^a   Pallaoro, Alessia ^a   Wu, Guohui ^b   Missirlis, Dimitris ^b   Zasadzinski, Joseph A ^b   Tirrell, Matthew ^b   Reich, Norbert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold; Llaser; Nanoparticle; Nanoshell; RNA; Silencing; TAT

Indexed keywords

BOND CLEAVAGES; CELLULAR UPTAKE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOSOMES; GENE SILENCING; GOLD NANOSHELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENCE PROTEINS; LASER INDUCED; LIPID COATING; LLASER; LOCAL HEATING; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSHELL; NANOSHELLS; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; PHOTOMASKING; PULSE ENERGIES; REPORTER GENE; SILENCING; SPATIAL CONTROL; TAT; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

BIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RNA;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 68649125408     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900469q     Document Type: Article

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