Cellular Delivery of Quantum Dot-Bound Hybridization Probe for Detection of Intracellular Pre-MicroRNA Using Chitosan/Poly(γ-Glutamic Acid) Complex as a Carrier

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Geng, Yao ^a,b   Lin, Dajie ^b   Shao, Lijia ^a   Yan, Feng ^a   Ju, Huangxian ^b  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID) COMPLEX; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA LET 7A; NANOCARRIER; QUANTUM DOT; RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PH; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NANOPROBE; RNA BINDING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CHITOSAN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MCF-7 CELLS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; QUANTUM DOTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84878753941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065540     Document Type: Article

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