Chemically programmed polymers for targeted DNA and siRNA transfection

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 296, Issue , 2010, Pages 227-249

  Salcher, Eveline Edith ^a   Wagner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioresponsive; Cationic polymers; Chemical programming; DNA; siRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYMER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID;

DNA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78649314606     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2010_69     Document Type: Article

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