SiRNA-aptamer chimeras on nanoparticles: preserving targeting functionality for effective gene silencing

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8131-8139

  Bagalkot, Vaishali ^a   Gao, Xiaohu ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; chimera; gene silencing; nanoparticle; quantum dot; siRNA; targeting

Indexed keywords

APTAMERS; CHIMERA; GENE SILENCING; SIRNA; TARGETING;

ADSORPTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; COMPLEXATION; CONFORMATIONS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; SURFACES;

NANOPARTICLES;

APTAMER; DRUG CARRIER; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 80055004444     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202772p     Document Type: Article

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