Dynamics of nucleic acid/cationic polymer complexation and disassembly under biologically simulated conditions using in situ atomic force microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 845-856

  Shim, Min Suk ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Ragan, Regina ^a   Kwon, Young Jik ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ AFM; Mimicked intracellular trafficking; Nonviral gene delivery; Plasmid DNA and siRNA; Polyethylenimine

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMOLECULES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CONDITION; IN SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING; MIMICED INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICING; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID DNA AND SIRNA; POLY(ETHYLENIMINE); POLYPLEXES; SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

DNA;

EID: 77956894046     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20856     Document Type: Article

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