Sterically stabilized self-assembling reversibly cross-linked polyelectrolyte complexes with nucleic acids for environmental and medical applications

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 713-716

  Garnett, Martin C ^a   Ferruti, Paolo ^b   Ranucci, Elisabetta ^b   Suardi, Marco A ^b   Heyde, Mieke ^c   Sleat, Rob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Tredomen Innovation and Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross linking; DNA delivery; Polyplex; Self assembly; Steric stabilization; Water tracing

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TRACER; MACROGOL; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYELECTROLYTE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DRUG CARRIER; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYAMINE; POLYMER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; GENE TARGETING; MICELLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYAMINES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 70349308149     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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