Low molecular weight pDMAEMA-block-pHEMA block-copolymers synthesized via RAFT-polymerization: Potential non-viral gene delivery agents

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 693-718

  Samsonova, Olga ^a   Pfeiffer, Christian ^a   Hellmund, Markus ^a   Merkel, Olivia M ^a   Kissel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; In vitro pDNA transfection; Linear pDMAEMA block pHEMA diblock copolymers; Low molecular pDMAEMA; Physico chemical characterization; Poly(2 (dimethyl amino) ethyl methacrylate); Poly(2 hydroxyethylmethacrylate); RAFT polymerization

Indexed keywords

2-HYDROXYETHYLMETHACRYLATE; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; IN VITRO PDNA TRANSFECTION; PDMAEMA; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RAFT-POLYMERIZATION;

BINDING ENERGY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DNA; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; RESONANCE; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79960200679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3020693     Document Type: Article

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