Self-assembled micronanoplexes for improved biolistic delivery of nucleic acids

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1927-1933

  Svarovsky, Sergei A ^a   Gonzalez Moa, Maria J ^a   Robida, Mark D ^a   Borovkov, Alexandre Y ^a   Sykes, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolistics; Gene delivery; Microparticles; Nanoparticles; Nanoplexes; Nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; DNA; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 71949115710     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp900156h     Document Type: Article

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