Molecular modeling of polynucleotide complexes

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 7068-7076

  Meneksedag Erol, Deniz ^a   Tang, Tian ^a   Uludaǧ, Hasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Lipoplex; Molecular modeling; Non viral carriers; Polyplex; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRUG THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR MODELING; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEOTIDES;

GENE DELIVERY; LIPOPLEXES; NON-VIRAL CARRIERS; POLYPLEXES; SIRNA;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DENDRIMER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIPID; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; DRUG CARRIER; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOSOME; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PH; PROCEDURES;

DRUG CARRIERS; ENDOSOMES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84902106748     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.04.103     Document Type: Review

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