Progress of RAFT based polymers in gene delivery

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 767-790

  Ahmed, Marya ^a   Narain, Ravin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; RAFT; siRNA delivery; Structure activity relationship; Well defined polymers

Indexed keywords

GENE DELIVERY; GENE DELIVERY VECTORS; LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; RAFT; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; SIRNA DELIVERY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; RNA; VECTORS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84875878662     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.09.008     Document Type: Review

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