Requirements for the nuclear entry of polyplexes and nanoparticles during mitosis

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 580-589

  Larsen, John D ^a   Ross, Nikki L ^b   Sullivan, MillicentO ^b  

^a GENUS PLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Intracellular trafficking; Molecular imaging; Nonviral vector; Peptide chemistry

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3 PEPTIDE; LIPID; PEPTIDE; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYPLEX; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROINJECTION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HISTONES; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOPARTICLES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 84868124129     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.2669     Document Type: Article

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