Vector systems for prenatal gene therapy: Principles of non-viral vector design and production

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 891, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-167

  Wong, Suet Ping ^a   Argyros, Orestis ^a   Harbottle, Richard P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Gene delivery; Gene expression; In utero; Minicircle; Non viral; PEI; Plasmid; S MAR

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CRE RECOMBINASE; LIPOFECTIN; LIPOPLEX; MINICIRCLE DNA; NAKED DNA;

ARTICLE; DEPLETION; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROPORATION; FETAL THERAPY; GENE GUN; GENE THERAPY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS BASED TRANSFECTION; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING;

EID: 84934438700     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-873-3_7     Document Type: Article

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