Nanotechnology approaches for gene transfer

Genetica

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Lundin, Karin E ^a   Simonson, Oscar E ^a,b   Moreno, Pedro M D ^a   Zaghloul, Eman M ^a   Oprea, Iulian I ^a   Svahn, Mathias G ^b   Smith, C I Edvard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Avaris AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioplex formation; Gene silencing; Gene therapy; LNA; Nuclear localisation signals; Oligonucleotides; PNA

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 70349991426     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-009-9372-0     Document Type: Article

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