Polymers for siRNA delivery: Inspired by viruses to be targeted, dynamic, and precise

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1005-1013

  Wagner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; VIRUS;

HUMANS; K562 CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; VIRUSES;

EID: 84862902835     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar2002232     Document Type: Article

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