A comparison of two cellular delivery mechanisms for small interfering RNA

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Valiunas, Virginijus ^a   Wang, Hong Zhang ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Gordon, Chris ^a   Valiuniene, Laima ^a   Cohen, Ira S ^a   Brink, Peter R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Gap junction; siRNA delivery

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL TO CELL DELIVERY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; UPTAKE ASSAY; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

EID: 84934301671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12286     Document Type: Article

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