Enhanced cellular internalization and gene silencing with a series of cationic dendron-multiwalled carbon nanotube:siRNA complexes

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4354-4365

  Al Jamal, Khuloud T ^a   Toma, Francesca M ^b   Yilmazer, Açelya ^a   Ali Boucetta, Hanene ^a   Nunes, Antonio ^a   Herrero, Maria Antonia ^b,c   Tian, Bowen ^a   Eddaoui, Ayad ^d   Al Jamal, Wafa't ^a   Bianco, Alberto ^e   Prato, Maurizio ^b   Kostarelos, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Interference; Knockdown; Nanotechnology; Nonviral; RNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 78649889077     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-141036     Document Type: Article

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