Probing the Effect of miRNA on siRNA-PEI Polyplexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5475-5486

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE THERAPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC DISORDERS; MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAYS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYMERIC CARRIERS; POTENTIAL ANALYSIS; PROMISING THERAPY; SMALL INTERFERING RNA (SIRNA);

RNA;

DRUG CARRIER; MICRORNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

DRUG CARRIERS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84928966420     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b00415     Document Type: Article

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