Low molecular weight polyethylenimine conjugated gold nanoparticles as efficient gene vectors

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 836-843

  Hu, Chu ^a   Peng, Qi ^a   Chen, Fujie ^a   Zhong, Zhenlin ^a   Zhuo, Renxi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77952575191     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc900374d     Document Type: Article

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