Effect of covalent fluorescence labeling of plasmid DNA on its intracellular processing and transfection with lipid-based carriers

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1359-1368

  Rombouts, Koen ^a   Martens, Thomas F ^a   Zagato, Elisa ^a   Demeester, Jo ^a   De Smedt, Stefaan C ^a   Braeckmans, Kevin ^a   Remaut, Katrien ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

advanced microscopy techniques; drug delivery; fluorescent labeling; gene therapy; intracellular trafficking; lipid based carriers; pDNA; plasmid DNA; transfection pathway

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOPLEX; NANOCARRIER; NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; LIPID; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOSOMES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84899879475     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp4003078     Document Type: Article

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