Mechanisms for cationic lipids in gene transfer

Pharmaceutical Gene Delivery Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 79-108

  Uyechi O'Brien, Lisa S ^a   Szoka, Francis C ^b  

^a ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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