Tightly-wound miniknot vectors for gene therapy: A potential improvement over supercoiled minicircle DNA

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 702-704

  Tolmachov, Oleg E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MINICIRCLE DNA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; JET INJECTION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PLASMID; TRANSGENE;

BACTERIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RISK; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77949268280     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.035     Document Type: Article

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