Controlled release from recombinant polymers

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 304-313

  Price, Robert ^a   Poursaid, Azadeh ^a,b   Ghandehari, Hamidreza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Elastin like Polypeptides (ELP); Recombinant Cationic Polymers (RCP); Recombinant polymers; Silk elastinlike Protein Polymers (SELP); Silk like Polypeptides (SLP)

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; DNA SEQUENCES; DYES; ELASTIN; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYPEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CATIONIC POLYMERS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT POLYMERS; SILK-ELASTINLIKE PROTEIN POLYMERS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; POLYMERS;

ELASTIN; ELASTIN LIKE POLYPEPTIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT POLYMER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILK; SILK ELASTINLIKE PROTEIN POLYMER; SILK LIKE POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG CARRIER; PEPTIDE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; DOXORUBICIN; GELDANAMYCIN; GROWTH FACTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYURETHAN; RAPAMYCIN; SILK LIKE PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG CARRIERS; ELASTIN; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK;

EID: 84912123087     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.016     Document Type: Review

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