Spermine grafted galactosylated chitosan for improved nanoparticle mediated gene delivery

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-137

  Alex, Susan M ^a   Rekha, M R ^a   Sharma, Chandra P ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Galactosylated chitosan; Gene delivery; Nanoparticle; Spermine

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; GALACTOSE; NANOPARTICLE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHITOSAN; DRUG STABILITY; GALACTOSE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPERMINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79955581945     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.02.067     Document Type: Article

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