Intracellular siRNA delivery with novel spermine based surfactants

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 3979-3984

  Xu, RongZuo ^a   Wang, XuLi ^a   Lu, Zheng Rong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

multifunctional carriers; nanoparticles; RNAi; siRNA delivery systems; surfactant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868199596     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5381-y     Document Type: Article

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