Synthesis of a new potential biodegradable disulfide containing poly(ethylene imine)-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer cross-linked with click cluster for gene delivery

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 197-205

  Zhao, Nan ^a   Roesler, Susanne ^a   Kissel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Click chemistry; Disulfide; PEG PEI copolymer

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL GRAFTED POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL LINE; CLICK CHEMISTRY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISULFIDES; FORMAZANS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMERS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79955950429     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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