Visualization of plasmid delivery to keratinocytes in mouse and human epidermis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  González González, Emilio ^a   Kim, Yeu Chun ^b,c,h   Speaker, Tycho J ^d   Hickerson, Robyn P ^d   Spitler, Ryan ^a,g   Birchall, James C ^e   Lara, Maria Fernanda ^a   Hu, Rong Hua ^f   Liang, Yanhua ^f   Kirkiles Smith, Nancy ^f   Prausnitz, Mark R ^b   Milstone, Leonard M ^f   Contag, Christopher H ^a   Kaspar, Roger L ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TransDerm Inc   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84859741493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00158     Document Type: Article

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