Branched disulfide-based polyamidoamines capable of mediating high gene transfection

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2341-2349

  Khan, Majad ^a   Wiradharma, Nikken ^a,b   Beniah, Goliath ^a   Rafiq, Nisha Bte Mohd ^a   Liu, Shaoqiong ^a,b   Au, Juliana ^a   Yang, Yi Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Disulfide; DNA unpacking; Gene delivery; Poly(amido amine)

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AGAROSE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DISULFIDE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; METHYL 3 MERCAPTOPROPOINATE; PENTAETHYLENEHEXAMINE; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; TRIETHYLAMINE; TRIS(2 AMINOETHYL)AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CYTOTOXICITY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA BINDING; DNA DRUG COMPLEX; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KIDNEY; LIVER CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DISULFIDES; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYAMINES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77955627640     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210791920504     Document Type: Review

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