DNA Binding to cationic polymers and its implications on gene therapy

DNA Binding and DNA Extraction: Methods, Applications and Limitations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-46

  Alatorre Meda, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Velázquez, Eustolia ^a   Taboada, Pablo ^a   Msquera, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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