A fluorinated dendrimer achieves excellent gene transfection efficacy at extremely low nitrogen to phosphorus ratios

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Mingming ^a   Liu, Hongmei ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Cheng, Yiyun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; LIPOFECTAMINE 2000; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID;

GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOSOME; FEMALE; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FLUORINATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SERUM CHARACTERISTICS; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; HALOGENATION; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; PROCEDURES;

CELL LINE; DENDRIMERS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HALOGENATION; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84892176171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4053     Document Type: Article

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