Ionic α-helical polypeptides toward nonviral gene delivery

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-110

  Zhang, Rujing ^a   Song, Ziyuan ^a   Yin, Lichen ^a   Zheng, Nan ^a   Tang, Haoyu ^a   Lu, Hua ^a   Gabrielson, Nathan P ^a   Lin, Yao ^b   Kim, Kyung ^a   Cheng, Jianjun ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BROAD APPLICATION; GENE DELIVERY; HELICAL POLYPEPTIDES; MEMBRANE PENETRATION; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CATIONIC ALPHA HELICAL POLYPEPTIDE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; IONIC ALPHA HELICAL POLYPEPTIDE; LIPOFECTAMINE; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; ION; PEPTIDE; POLYMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; RING OPENING; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X RAY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IONS; PEPTIDES; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X-RAYS;

EID: 84916597541     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1307     Document Type: Article

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