Melittin-grafted HPMA-oligolysine based copolymers for gene delivery

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2318-2326

  Schellinger, Joan G ^a   Pahang, Joshuel A ^a   Johnson, Russell N ^a   Chu, David S H ^a   Sellers, Drew L ^b   Maris, Don O ^b   Convertine, Anthony J ^a,c   Stayton, Patrick S ^a,c   Horner, Philip J ^b   Pun, Suzie H ^a,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Melittin; Peptide based polymers; RAFT polymerization

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DISULFIDE EXCHANGE; DNA BINDING; GENE DELIVERY; LUCIFERASE ACTIVITIES; MELITTIN; METHACRYLAMIDES; MOUSE BRAIN; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; PENDENT GROUPS; PLASMID DNA; POLYPLEXES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PYRIDYL DISULFIDE; RAFT POLYMERIZATION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GENE TRANSFER; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS;

PEPTIDES;

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; MELITTIN; N (2 HYDROXYPROPYL)METHACRYLAMIDE; PYRIDYL DISULFIDE METHACRYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PC12 CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC THERAPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LYSINE; MELITTEN; METHACRYLATES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PC12 CELLS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84872408654     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.072     Document Type: Article

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