Tailoring the dendrimer core for efficient gene delivery

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Hu, Jingjing ^a   Hu, Ke ^b   Cheng, Yiyun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Core effect; Dendrimer; Flexibility; Gene delivery; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DENDRIMERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CATIONIC CHARGES; COMPONENT FUNCTIONALITY; CORE EFFECT; FLEXIBILITY; GENE DELIVERY; GENE VECTORS; NONVIRAL; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES; SURFACE-MODIFICATION; VIRAL GENES;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

DENDRIMER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN;

DENDRIMERS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84975722473     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.02.031     Document Type: Review

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