Calixarenes and related macrocycles as gene delivery vehicles

Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 189-200

  Rodik, Roman V ^a   Klymchenko, Andrey S ^b   Mely, Yves ^b   Kalchenko, Vitaly I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Cytotoxicity; Nanoparticles; Non viral vectors; Self assembly; Transfection efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924419897     PISSN: 09230750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10847-014-0412-8     Document Type: Review

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