DNA dendrimer: An efficient nanocarrier of functional nucleic acids for intracellular molecular sensing

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6171-6181

  Meng, Hong Min ^a   Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Lv, Yifan ^a   Zhao, Zilong ^b   Wang, Nan Nan ^a   Fu, Ting ^a,b   Fan, Huanhuan ^a   Liang, Hao ^a   Qiu, Liping ^a,b   Zhu, Guizhi ^a,b   Tan, Weihong ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; DNA dendrimer; DNAzyme; functional nucleic acids; intracellular molecular sensing; nanocarrier

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMOLECULES; DENDRIMERS; DNA; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SENSORS;

APTAMERS; DNAZYME; FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SENSING; NANOCARRIERS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DENDRIMER; DEOXYRIBOZYME; DNA; HISTIDINE; NANOPARTICLE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; KINETICS; MCF 7 CELL LINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CATALYSIS; DENDRIMERS; DNA; DNA, CATALYTIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84903465629     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5015962     Document Type: Article

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