DNA melting temperature assay for assessing the stability of DNA polyplexes intended for nonviral gene delivery

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 12042-12051

  Schallon, Anja ^a   Synatschke, Christopher V ^a   Pergushov, Dmitry V ^b   Jérôme, Valérie ^a   Müller, Axel H E ^a   Freitag, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING CAPACITIES; COMPLEX FORMATIONS; COMPLEX STABILITY; DNA MELTING; DNA TOPOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR STABILITY; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; POLY (METHACRYLIC ACID); POLYANIONS; POLYCATIONS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYPLEXES; QUATERNIZATION; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA;

ASSAYS; DNA SEQUENCES; ETHYLENE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABILITY;

DNA;

DNA; IMINE; POLY(ETHYLENE IMINE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DENATURATION; GENE TRANSFER; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IMINES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053332236     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la201803c     Document Type: Article

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