Physical non-viral gene delivery methods for tissue engineering

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 446-468

  Mellott, Adam J ^a   Forrest, M Laird ^b   Detamore, Michael S ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic gene delivery; Electric field induced molecular vibration; Electroporation; Laser irradiation; Magnetofection; Microinjection; Non viral gene delivery; Nucleofection; Sonoporation; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPORATION; FIELD-INDUCED; GENE DELIVERY; MAGNETOFECTION; MICRO-INJECTION; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; NUCLEOFECTION; SONOPORATION;

APPLICATIONS; BALLISTICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMINUTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VECTORS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84876166680     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0678-1     Document Type: Review

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