Progress and prospects: Nuclear import of nonviral vectors

Gene Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-447

  Lam, A P ^a   Dean, D A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Importin; Karyopherin; Nonviral gene transfer; Nuclear localization signal; Nuclear pore complex; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2B; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; LIGAND; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; NAKED DNA; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; RAN PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENHANCER REGION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77950857472     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2010.31     Document Type: Review

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