Quantitative in vivo imaging of non-viral-mediated gene expression and RNAi-mediated knockdown

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 574, Issue , 2009, Pages 155-171

  Rettig, Garrett R ^a   Rice, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescent imaging; hydrodynamic dosing; intramuscular dosing; non viral gene delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934440909     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-321-3_13     Document Type: Article

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