The effect of cationic charge density change on transfection efficiency of Polyethylenimine

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-156

  Amin, Zohreh Rezvani ^a   Rahimizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Eshghi, Hossein ^a   Dehshahri, Ali ^b   Ramezani, Mohammad ^c  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gene transfer technique; Genetic vector; Nanoparticles; Polyethylenimine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84874546259     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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