The impact of carboxyalkylation of branched polyethylenimine on effectiveness in small interfering RNA delivery

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 729-738

  Oskuee, Reza K ^a   Philipp, Alexander ^b   Dehshahri, Ali ^a,c   Wagner, Ernst ^b   Ramezani, Mohammad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endosomal escape; Nonviral carrier; Polyethylenimine; Polyplex; siRNA delivery

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; LUCIFERASE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBOXYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE SILENCING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77956637702     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1490     Document Type: Article

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