Hydrophobic modifications of cationic polymers for gene delivery

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1144-1162

  Liu, Zonghua ^a   Zhang, Ziyong ^a   Zhou, Changren ^a   Jiao, Yanpeng ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Gene delivery; Hydrophobic modification; Polyethylenimine; Polylysine

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CHITOSAN; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY;

GENE DELIVERY; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC MODIFICATION; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POLYLYSINE; POLYMERIC GENE CARRIERS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP;

GENES;

EID: 77956187410     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.04.007     Document Type: Review

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