Polymer-functionalized nanodiamond platforms as vehicles for gene delivery

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2609-2616

  Zhang, Xue Qing ^a   Chen, Mark ^b   Lam, Robert ^a   Xu, Xiaoyang ^b   Osawa, Eiji ^c   Ho, Dean ^a,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Low molecular weight polyethyleneimine (LMW PEI); Nanocarrier; Nanodiamonds; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GENE DELIVERY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENEIMINE (LMW PEI); NANOCARRIER; NANODIAMONDS; TRANSFECTION;

AMINES; DIAMONDS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

GENE TRANSFER;

DIAMOND; DNA; IMINE; LUCIFERASE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(ETHYLENE IMINE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLASMID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIAMOND; DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMINES; LUCIFERASES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70349548902     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900865g     Document Type: Article

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